http://www.cloudsourced.com/2010/01/06/google-doesnt-want-to-be-an-iphone-killer/ #Geomob - Anything geo or mobile Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:35:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.cloudsourced.com/2010/01/06/google-doesnt-want-to-be-an-iphone-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Rob Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:33:36 +0000 http://www.cloudsourced.com/2010/01/06/google-doesnt-want-to-be-an-iphone-killer/#comment-250 Christopher, a little harsh? Not wishing to be branded an idiot, it may be cliche, but not a daft question. Back in 2001/2002 that pie chart would have looked the same for MP3 players...Apple want as much of a profitable market as any other company, and to me, tie ups with the like of Tesco don't scream top-end, high margin, niche player. To get the market share Google (and all others) seek, they need to close the gap with the iPhone (if not to kill, then to stunt), 'being better than a feature phone' won't work, my Rio MP3 player was better than a walkman. Christopher, a little harsh? Not wishing to be branded an idiot, it may be cliche, but not a daft question. Back in 2001/2002 that pie chart would have looked the same for MP3 players…Apple want as much of a profitable market as any other company, and to me, tie ups with the like of Tesco don’t scream top-end, high margin, niche player. To get the market share Google (and all others) seek, they need to close the gap with the iPhone (if not to kill, then to stunt), ‘being better than a feature phone’ won’t work, my Rio MP3 player was better than a walkman.

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