“Why? In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, McAdam confirms that the two are working on something. No specs, release date, price, hardware manufacturing partner,” Goldman writes. “No details of any kind.”
“The Journal goes on to claim that the news, such that it is, spotlights the ‘deepening relationship between the largest U.S. wireless carrier by subscribers and Google, which has carved out a space in mobile devices with its Android operating system,'” Goldman writes.
“Of course, this is the carrier that turned its back on supporting Google’s flagship Nexus One hero phone,” Goldman writes. “I’m not sure of a deepening relationship when Verizon is apparently throwing its support behind some vaporware, but won’t support an actual piece of hardware already available from Google.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: All Apple’s competitors have are lame, vaporous attempts at freezing markets that Apple has lit ablaze.
Killer?…,
We haven’t even seen a worthy or capable competitor.
I thought the “vapours” were restricted to ‘Southern Ladies’ of the 50’s… Who’d have expected such a revival — and it’s still just as silly…
Whatever google… Seriously, I’m not what one would call a hardcore apple fanboy, but apple really knows what they’re doing when it comes to usability, and the iPad is a clear winner in usability in a tablet. It does so much and it does it well, even without flash. Anyone who uses an iPad and an android tablet will prefer the iPad unless they have a mindless prejudice against apple (or a fanboyish love for Linux). The iPad is really special, a real game changer. Everyone else’s products are very likely to be inferior unless they put the same amount of effort into innovation and user-friendliness that apple does,
I don’t doubt that Verizon wants some OEM, probably HTC, to make an DROID tablet for them, as Droid is Verizon’s brand, and has been extremely successful so far. However, the analysis that this is about Verizon getting chummy with Google is ridiculous. It’s likely the Verizon CEO misspoke, as most CEOs are not Steve Jobs, and have no idea what they are talking about.
@matt
couldn’t have said it better
@Verizon
Looks to me like you have a 27″ Big a.. table in your hands using Chrome for an OS…how’s that going for you? Is Dell your hardware manufacturer?
This actually is fabulous news for Apple if true. Imagine how much worse the iPad would have been if AT&T;had had a hand in the design and marketing of the iPad. The carriers are well known for their anti-consumer business practice, so Verizon involvement spells nothing but trouble for Google.
The only thing killing is the vapor…
The only thing im interested in seeing is what HP is going to do now with the acquisition of Palm’s intellectual property.. and the WebOS
Google needs to go back and do things it is good at, like GoogleApps, or just search in general.
Though maybe they could come up with something better than Facebook……
@Hm…,
Curious as to what you mean.
CDMA, Intel chip, and Flash. How 20th century. What’s that, about two hours per charge?
Throw in the Verizon Media Store plus those fractured Android versions/features/updates, and you’ve got the perfect formula for joyless user experience.
Facebook? Facebook?
Facebook is for self-absorbed 20 somethings and older people who want to look like they are “young.”
The day I’m convinced that the whole damn world is interested in hearing me say “hey look at me” and want to be my friend is the day I join facebook. Until then if someone wants to communicate with me they can get in my face the old fashioned way, call me, or email me.
Sounds like Verizon is another version of that dumbass John Kerry … they are both for and against Google.
Whatever.
A load of crap. We saw how well the google phone went.. and the stellar customer service provided by google.
As for the discussions, Apple’s got real, tangible products on the shelves. And google’s got discussions. I’m waiting breathlessly… not.
Verizon is doing much better without the iPhone than I would have imagined. There are lot’s of folks willing to buy knock-off hardware, happily even. I am truly amazed at the number of people that are unwilling to change carriers. Where the heck does this come from? You can port over your telephone number, so what’s the big deal?
There must be some key factors here I’m not seeing, because I have no allegiance to any carrier, I just want the best technology.
I’d love to hear some inside scoop on whether there’s an internal competition going on between the Android and Chrome OS teams. Didn’t Google promised last year that a Chrome OS laptop will be out this year in partnership with some manufacturers? Now everybody is droppign laptop/netbook ideas for a tablet, and sounds like Android partners are moving ahead with or without Google.
Google will do for mobile OS what it does to online apps – a big mess.
@chaz,
1. Most people hate change, sometimes despite of or especially in fear of something new and exciting but unknown.
2. People are lazy, and hate even the tiniest extra work of switching to something new. That’s why if a company hook people into a routine or habit they’ll continue to pay even for things they don’t need or even bad for them.
3. People easily believe in hearsay. They hear stories that ATT is no better than Verizon or rumors about iPhone eventually coming to Verizon, and they would just rather wait than take a proactive step.
Commercial enterprises all bank on these human tendencies.
By making these non-announcements, Google hopes to make people hesitate on purchasing an iPad.
Unfortunately, Google should not have competed with Apple in those areas and focused on working with Apple around their mobile ads and making great, great, great apps.
@chaz
My reason is away from the city where I live, ATT has crap coverage.
Every year I ask all the people I know, work with, friends, neighbors what phone they use. It is Verizon by a big lead. Why? They can get a signal anywhere out here.
Anyone that has ATT out here always complains about the coverage. When ATT fixes this, then I’ll consider switching.
You can have the greatest phone in the world, but it will suck if you can’t make a call because of lack of signal.
all your pads are belong to us
This is a sure iPad killer!!!
@MDN, ” Apple’s competitors have are lame, vaporous attempts at freezing markets that Apple has lit ablaze.”
ron, ” Apple’s competitors have are lame, vaporous attempts at quenching markets that Apple has lit ablaze.”
Meanwhile the yet to be named hardware partner is innovating with a dissected iPad.