Comments on: what’s next from google. http://www.suryasays.com/2007/02/22/whats-next-from-google/ a blog on current events, marketing, technolgy, politics, and life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ashwin http://www.suryasays.com/2007/02/22/whats-next-from-google/#comment-135 ashwin Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:16:49 +0000 http://www.suryasays.com/2007/02/22/whats-next-from-google/#comment-135 google is rumored to be building a phone os with samsung as their partner. google has refuted this but who dosent refute leaks. if google does go this route, it will be interesting . an ad supported model might not work for mobile phones as the carriers have a walled garden around their services. they are very protective of their networks here in the US and thats a huge problem. over in europe the culture is different. EVERYBODY buys unlocked phones over there so the possiblity for new players and innovations to succeed is much greater on the other side of the pond. whatever they decide to do, i hope they build contextual awareness and by that i dont mean just wifi or e911 kind of triangulation. they need to have gps in all their phones and when somebody does a search, bam! there is your query 2 blocks from you. i think RIM and symbian are the market leaders in the enterprise market and windows mobile will be the market leader by 09. if a gphone is on the horizon, it has a lot of catching up to do. end of the day, its the carriers and manufacturers that control the phone market, not the software companies. google is rumored to be building a phone os with samsung as their partner. google has refuted this but who dosent refute leaks. if google does go this route, it will be interesting . an ad supported model might not work for mobile phones as the carriers have a walled garden around their services. they are very protective of their networks here in the US and thats a huge problem. over in europe the culture is different. EVERYBODY buys unlocked phones over there so the possiblity for new players and innovations to succeed is much greater on the other side of the pond.

whatever they decide to do, i hope they build contextual awareness and by that i dont mean just wifi or e911 kind of triangulation. they need to have gps in all their phones and when somebody does a search, bam! there is your query 2 blocks from you.

i think RIM and symbian are the market leaders in the enterprise market and windows mobile will be the market leader by 09. if a gphone is on the horizon, it has a lot of catching up to do. end of the day, its the carriers and manufacturers that control the phone market, not the software companies.

]]> By: AdamD http://www.suryasays.com/2007/02/22/whats-next-from-google/#comment-95 AdamD Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.suryasays.com/2007/02/22/whats-next-from-google/#comment-95 Sounds plausible. I've felt like their SMS service has always been a way to get a foot in the door, mobile-wise. As web phones become more commonplace, they'll release services like you've written about and be ahead of the game. Sounds plausible. I’ve felt like their SMS service has always been a way to get a foot in the door, mobile-wise. As web phones become more commonplace, they’ll release services like you’ve written about and be ahead of the game.

]]>