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Re:What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) by jimbokun on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @12:12PM (#79330)
Hmm, so where does Joel's NewSDK fit into this analogy?

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/18.html

It looks like there are (at least) two simultaneous battles going on to establish new APIs. One for cell phone hardware. One for "web applications". Interesting that Google is heavily invested in both.

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Re:What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) by boucher on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @01:10PM (#79380)
Actually, I think Google is minimally invested in both. Just enough to be present, but not nearly enough to change the playing field.
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Re:What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) by tlrobinson on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @12:46AM (#79667)
Who's to say that the two can't be the same?

Though I don't think the "winner" won't come from Google.

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Re:What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) by tlrobinson on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @02:53AM (#79691)
Whoaaaa, double negative, my bad. What I meant to say was

"Though I don't think the "winner" will come from Google."

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