Comments on: No Gphone: Google Software to go Mobile in 2008 http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/11/05/no-gphone-google-software-to-go-mobile-in-2008/ All About Mobile 2.0 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:24:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Chuck http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/11/05/no-gphone-google-software-to-go-mobile-in-2008/#comment-302506 Chuck Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:37:06 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/11/05/no-gphone-google-software-to-go-mobile-in-2008/#comment-302506 It's about time that mobile phones were on an open platform. It's irritating that you can't transfer phones due to the ESN tied to each carrier, and have to buy a new phone to switch networks. Then when you do, there is no open platform to transfer your phonebook and other data to the new phone. ESN's especially need to be unlocked so you could switch carriers and keep the same phone. It is not a consumer friendly market with the proprietary equipment. Their is no one network standard - GSM and CDSM? that keeps networks separate between carriers. Look how long it took them to allow mobile phone number portability in the U.S. Europe had it years before we did, and why? Because the carriers had the FCC in their corner. Stifling consumer choice seems to be the way business is done in the U.S., and I welcome Google flexing their muscle in this market. It’s about time that mobile phones were on an open platform. It’s irritating that you can’t transfer phones due to the ESN tied to each carrier, and have to buy a new phone to switch networks. Then when you do, there is no open platform to transfer your phonebook and other data to the new phone.

ESN’s especially need to be unlocked so you could switch carriers and keep the same phone. It is not a consumer friendly market with the proprietary equipment. Their is no one network standard - GSM and CDSM? that keeps networks separate between carriers.

Look how long it took them to allow mobile phone number portability in the U.S. Europe had it years before we did, and why? Because the carriers had the FCC in their corner.

Stifling consumer choice seems to be the way business is done in the U.S., and I welcome Google flexing their muscle in this market.

]]> By: Curt http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/11/05/no-gphone-google-software-to-go-mobile-in-2008/#comment-300669 Curt Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:56:30 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/11/05/no-gphone-google-software-to-go-mobile-in-2008/#comment-300669 John, I think your assessment is a bit off as the Gphone is the platform in and of itself. This is similiar to the open platforms of unix, java, apache, etc. Developers and publish once, and publish everywhere on the Gphone. Consumers on the other hand will know what to expect in terms of experience regardless of what Gphone platform device they choose. John,

I think your assessment is a bit off as the Gphone is the platform in and of itself. This is similiar to the open platforms of unix, java, apache, etc. Developers and publish once, and publish everywhere on the Gphone. Consumers on the other hand will know what to expect in terms of experience regardless of what Gphone platform device they choose.

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