Things that are going to attract one person to a certain phone is going to push another person to get something else. The fact that HTC, Motorola and the rest can put their own spin on what the phone is and does just gives the consumer more choices. Something Apple is notorious for not doing.

So it very much is an apples to oranges comparison. The brand awareness comes from different aspects. I think an appropriate comparison is in the PC market, Dell and Intel. People may buy a Dell because they trust the brand. Meanwhile Android advertised phones is equivalent to a computer being advertised with “Intel Inside”. From brand awareness perspective people then expect it to be fast and support the software they think they’ll want to use. A phone advertised with Android people when they become aware of the brand will think this phone should be stable and support the same apps that all the other Android phones will.

Okay, read my post again. Maybe a couple more times to make sure. Done?

Okay. Now you should understand that I was referring to consumer confusion over what Android is. If they see Android powered phones (with Google), Android powered phones (without Google), internet tablets and more, with lots of different users interfaces they may well get confused as to what Android is, especially the way it’s marketed on the highstreet as a great way to get all your Google services in one place.

Understand?

Okay. Now you should understand that I was referring to consumer confusion over what Android is. If they see Android powered phones (with Google), Android powered phones (without Google), internet tablets and more, with lots of different users interfaces they may well get confused as to what Android is, especially the way it’s marketed on the highstreet as a great way to get all your Google services in one place.

Understand?

The only confused entity is this blog/website what ever it is.

FYI, Android is OPERATING SYSTEM!!! Not a PHONE!!! Hence it will be modified to the OEM’s liking. Ubuntu, Kabuntu, Fedora, RedHat simular kernels but different flavors…. Hummm why is linux so complicated for people… because it makes you think outside the box and most people are too lazy to understand what is going on.

The beauty of open source is that Kernel and OS improvements can be done by the comunity not when Apple decides that you should be able to copy and paste or view your MMS on your phone for example. No one wants to talk about the basic features that the iPhony is missing…. Tethering, Customization, Running Multiple Apps…. Even WinMo has those… LOL

The updates in android are at kernel level and framework for the most part. There are many custom builds that run 1.6 with HTC Sense UI and even newer kernels and features than what is availiable through the OEM’s. That is the drive behind Android. Most of the time you have to wait on the OEM to make an update for your iPhony, while the Android community comes out with fixes and missing features and infinitely improves the phone to every user desires.

Oh, how tragic it is that we are NOT stuck with the same LAME interface that Verizon or the iPhone use. The Android platform is not developed far yet. There are lots of essential features that are missing or being developed. It has only just began. Android is not the iPhony, its just the OPERATING SYSTEM…. What runs on that operating system is up to the OEM and the USER!!! Not Apple or Google!!!

Obviously someone has not done any research…