Monday, December 14, 2009

Yet Another Story About Google...


Google is slowly taking over our lives, not that it's a bad thing! We've seen Google all over the internet with its own email, aim, search engine, owning youtube etc etc etc. This is nothing new. But Google is now spreading its wings and heading to the phone world.
Competitors of Google like Yahoo and Ask Jeeves have a new friend: Apple. Apple has a popular line of computers, lap tops, mp3's (hello, the ipod!) and more. But with Googles new smart phone, the Droid, Apple has a new threat against it. In the article With a New Phone, Google May Challenge Apple, the features of this phone are directly compared to that of the iPhone.
"Google employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity because plans for the phone were supposed to be confidential said that the device, manufactured by the Taiwanese company HTC, was thinner than Apple's iPhone, with a slightly larger touch screen. It could be available as early as January, they said."
Well obviously this is going to attract our attention. A THINNER phone?? With a BIGGER touch screen! I immediately thought of people like my mom, who has a touch screen phone and can barely text on it because the letters are too small. Well clearly a bigger touch screen would be easier to text on, so maybe people with her kind of thinking will switch to that phone. Also, the fact that it is made by Google will automatically have people itching to get their hands on it.
Another interesting thing about this phone, that the iPhone doesn't have, is the ability to be sold "unlocked." This means that anyone who buys it will be able to choose a service provider. So yay now everyone who has the iPhone, but hates that it is on AT&T and not Verizon can switch to this phone and pick what they want. Google knows that we love having choices so this is a great appeal.
I honestly think that in a few years, everything will be controlled and bought up by Google. And maybe that isn't a bad thing? I only use yahoo for email, but I wouldn't mind switching to google. And I haven't been to Ask Jeeves in like 48235 years. I don't think that Google is something to fear... well maybe for Apple, but I think they are making great strides into the future, and reaching out into every industry that they can.

3 comments:

  1. I don't know, that'd be the ultimate Monopoly. People get worried when a company has a single market completely cornered, let alone a company literally cornering all of them. One of the big ones you skipped over up above was Chrome, which is one program that's trying to fight both Windows as an operating system and IE/Firefox as a browser.

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  2. ive actually never heard of chrome lol thats interesting

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  3. Haha, which will let you know how well it's doing. At least for me, it's a bit comforting to know that there are some things Google can't just waltz in and dominate without a struggle.

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