Google’s “Oprah Moment”: An Android Phone For Everyone At Google I/O

Re:Google’s “Oprah Moment”: An Android Phone For Everyone At... by intregus on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @04:32PM (#629111)

This is a pretty awesome move from Google, but don't be fooled. Google has everything to gain, both from gaining would-be developers, and the PR.

Tech Crunch saying something like, "What will we see next week from Apple at its WWDC event? Probably nothing." is really ignorant on a lot of levels.

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Re:Google’s “Oprah Moment”: An Android Phone For Everyone At... by potatolicious on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @05:42PM (#629246)

It may be a shrewd move for Google, but the net effect for attendees remains unchanged - they got a free phone, which is awesome no matter which way you cut it.

TC is right, we won't see anything like this from Apple - but then again Apple doesn't seem to have any problems attracting developers. You gotta do what you gotta do...

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Re:Google’s “Oprah Moment”: An Android Phone For Everyone At... by icey on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @04:39PM (#629132)

I imagine there aren't many profitable for-profit companies that do anything for purely altruistic reasons.

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