On Android Eve, Co-Founder Andy Rubin Predicts The Future Of Mobile

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by nickb • 18 years ago

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jwilliams• 18 years ago

This article quotes Nielson Mobile research to assert that the US has the greatest mobile internet usage.

This isn't true - The US is top of the 16 countries Nielson actually measures. There are a number of countries with high penetrations that are not listed - Japan and Australia just to name two.

Taken from the Nielson site: Nielsen currently tracks mobile Internet penetration in 16 countries. Among these countries, the US leads in mobile Internet penetration among wireless subscribers... http://www.nielsenmobile.com/documents/CriticalMass.pdf

rrf• 18 years ago

Putting aside the future predictions, the first hurdle for Android is to match the iPhone mobile web browsing experience. I hope they succeed, because opening up the handset market, and moving smartphones from early adopters to mature users will be critical in helping make some of Rubin’s predictions come true.

litewulf• 18 years ago

I honestly hope that Android will be notable for the kind of ecosystem an open platform provides.

I could care less about web browsing on my mobile, the only use I've managed to come up with is reading my RSS feeds while on the toilet, which honestly isn't that useful.

On Android Eve, Co-Founder Andy Rubin Predicts The Future Of Mobile

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