The real reason Google made Android
So, why did Google make Android? In this week’s Processor episode, Dieter Bohn looks at the launch of Android ten years ago. The HTC G1, codename Dream, was the first commercially available phone that ran Android and it was released more than a year after the iPhone. But, here’s the thing, Android wasn’t meant to compete with Apple. Instead, Google was actually trying to compete with Microsoft.
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What was your first Android phone?
Android is spyware.
Google didn't make android you dunce
Google is a monopoly. THEY KILLED EVERYTHING else, and now there is only iOS and Android. There needs to be more competition.
Blackberry needs to make a comeback with Windows Mobile.
I miss the old days. Before android and iOS I had my blackberry curve 8330. I loved it.
The Palm Treo was on of the best phones I’ve ever owned
Before android there was Nokia Symbian. Wasn't highly massive but still popular, I remember Nokia maps were cool by then.
Before than that I just used Ericsson phones.
What music at 1:32? Super interesting, I had a black jack and then went to G1 and the next one too, later Sony Xperia, still holding out for a new Sony that works on Volte Tmobile.
Actually, it all started when Barry Allen went back in time to tell the then Google CEO about the state of Apple in 2018.
Fun to watch!
Lol google didn’t make android. Please go away.
I SO wanted that Motorola Moto Q phone! I ended up with the Palm Treo Pro, then a BlackBerry curve and then Androids from then on. I really miss that BlackBerry Curve. It was simple, useful, and intuitive!
Buying != Making
Dianne Hackborn
Um, Google didn't make Android. They ACQUIRED it.
And now Android is ripping off iOS year after year, copying every feature/update that it has.
Google didnt make Android.
I still have my moto q for verizon man .. That phone was ahead of its time
It's Dianne Hackborn not Dianne Hackthorne.
Going back to your roots eh. I remember getting a treo 700 I think it was and reading your stuff on the palm site you were at. Than moving to the iPhone and reading imore or whatever it was before it changed names a few times.I dig your stuff Dieter.
I want that jog dial on a modern phone