Comments on: The Great Google gPhone Myth http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/10/20/the-great-google-gphone-myth/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:23:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Google’s Nexus One takes on Droid as Apple’s iPhone App Store grows — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/10/20/the-great-google-gphone-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-23197 Google’s Nexus One takes on Droid as Apple’s iPhone App Store grows — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:08:40 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/10/20/the-great-google-gphone-myth/#comment-23197 [...] of a Google Phone first circulated in late 2007 before the company formally announced that its new Android would be a [...] [...] of a Google Phone first circulated in late 2007 before the company formally announced that its new Android would be a [...]

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]]> By: Rich http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/10/20/the-great-google-gphone-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Rich Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:54:46 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/10/20/the-great-google-gphone-myth/#comment-392 "Having shamed Motorola, Palm, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and LG in delivering a phone with advanced hardware and software features," Whilst I agree that the gPhone is no iPhone rival, I would question the above statement. How exactly did Apple shame Nokia? Nokia just announced a record 85% boost in profits. They now have 39% market share, which is incredible for such a competitive market. They also sold 16 million smartphones in just one quarter, giving them over 50% market share in that segment. The iPhone is a great phone but it's not perfect. I'm certainly tempted to swap mine already for the new Nokia N95 8GB edition (available for free on Vodafone UK). The lack of 3G annoys me no end. There's also a lot of software annoyances that show just how immature Apple's software platform is for phones. Why can't I send SMS to multiple recipients or forward SMS? It's just bizarre that the iPhone is missing functionality that I would have expected as standard 7 years ago. “Having shamed Motorola, Palm, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and LG in delivering a phone with advanced hardware and software features,”

Whilst I agree that the gPhone is no iPhone rival, I would question the above statement. How exactly did Apple shame Nokia?

Nokia just announced a record 85% boost in profits. They now have 39% market share, which is incredible for such a competitive market. They also sold 16 million smartphones in just one quarter, giving them over 50% market share in that segment.

The iPhone is a great phone but it’s not perfect. I’m certainly tempted to swap mine already for the new Nokia N95 8GB edition (available for free on Vodafone UK). The lack of 3G annoys me no end. There’s also a lot of software annoyances that show just how immature Apple’s software platform is for phones. Why can’t I send SMS to multiple recipients or forward SMS? It’s just bizarre that the iPhone is missing functionality that I would have expected as standard 7 years ago.

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