Comments on: ‘Less than free’ as a business – is it time to be afraid of Google? http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-6342 brisbourne Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:31:21 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-6342 I don't think Apple/the iPhone are going to disappear or anything, but the quality of devices from HTC etc will slowly increase and will probably become good enough for most people. <br><br>The question for Apple shareholders is whether the mobile phone market comes to resemble the PC market in the late 90s when their company was in the doldrums or whether it looks more like the current situation. I don't think Apple/the iPhone are going to disappear or anything, but the quality of devices from HTC etc will slowly increase and will probably become good enough for most people.

The question for Apple shareholders is whether the mobile phone market comes to resemble the PC market in the late 90s when their company was in the doldrums or whether it looks more like the current situation.

]]> By: Finance Geek » Admob data – Android making great progress http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5998 Finance Geek » Admob data – Android making great progress Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:40 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5998 [...] The iPhone is still way out in front but it’s USPs are on the wane.  A year ago it was the only touch screen handset in the top ten and now there are five and six have mobile application stores.  Plus it will now have to compete with turn by turn GPS navigation bundled free with Android. [...] [...] The iPhone is still way out in front but it’s USPs are on the wane.  A year ago it was the only touch screen handset in the top ten and now there are five and six have mobile application stores.  Plus it will now have to compete with turn by turn GPS navigation bundled free with Android. [...]

]]> By: David Jouarisse http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-6341 David Jouarisse Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:51:09 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-6341 Android is definitely the one and only serious tricky fear Steve Jobs should have - shifting down Appstore's potential from Great to Good; even saw some posts of people leaving iPhone when that GOOG 3D revolutionary navigation system was announced, that surprised me a bit.<br><br>As an open platform we'll be impressed by the explosion of the Android's ecosystem as soon as 2010 - less good quality though than iPhone on average; the natural counterpart of an open platform with no quality check; also meaning security leaks?.. And a still-lagging-behind/outpaced hardware design from handset manufacturers facing Apple?..<br><br>The GooG news (if I may say) is that after TomTom has gone through sharp decreases in revenues, it will slowly but surely become a nice affordable target for Apple?.. And the other Goog news for Apple is that, just besides this navigation system, the whole Goog's world has to remain accessible on iPhone...<br><br>In the end Larry Page and Steve Jobs are both genius "indigo founders" moved by passion, vision and change-the-world capabilities; and there will be I am sure quite a few surprinsingly successful entrepreneurial stories within both iPhone and Android's explosive ecosystems... Android is definitely the one and only serious tricky fear Steve Jobs should have – shifting down Appstore's potential from Great to Good; even saw some posts of people leaving iPhone when that GOOG 3D revolutionary navigation system was announced, that surprised me a bit.

As an open platform we'll be impressed by the explosion of the Android's ecosystem as soon as 2010 – less good quality though than iPhone on average; the natural counterpart of an open platform with no quality check; also meaning security leaks?.. And a still-lagging-behind/outpaced hardware design from handset manufacturers facing Apple?..

The GooG news (if I may say) is that after TomTom has gone through sharp decreases in revenues, it will slowly but surely become a nice affordable target for Apple?.. And the other Goog news for Apple is that, just besides this navigation system, the whole Goog's world has to remain accessible on iPhone…

In the end Larry Page and Steve Jobs are both genius “indigo founders” moved by passion, vision and change-the-world capabilities; and there will be I am sure quite a few surprinsingly successful entrepreneurial stories within both iPhone and Android's explosive ecosystems…

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5997 brisbourne Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:31:21 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5997 I don't think Apple/the iPhone are going to disappear or anything, but the quality of devices from HTC etc will slowly increase and will probably become good enough for most people. <br><br>The question for Apple shareholders is whether the mobile phone market comes to resemble the PC market in the late 90s when their company was in the doldrums or whether it looks more like the current situation. I don't think Apple/the iPhone are going to disappear or anything, but the quality of devices from HTC etc will slowly increase and will probably become good enough for most people.

The question for Apple shareholders is whether the mobile phone market comes to resemble the PC market in the late 90s when their company was in the doldrums or whether it looks more like the current situation.

]]> By: David Jouarisse http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5996 David Jouarisse Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:51:09 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5996 Android is definitely the one and only serious tricky fear Steve Jobs should have - shifting down Appstore's potential from Great to Good; even saw some posts of people leaving iPhone when that GOOG 3D revolutionary navigation system was announced, that surprised me a bit.<br><br>As an open platform we'll be impressed by the explosion of the Android's ecosystem as soon as 2010 - less good quality though than iPhone on average; the natural counterpart of an open platform with no quality check; also meaning security leaks?.. And a still-lagging-behind/outpaced hardware design from handset manufacturers facing Apple?..<br><br>The GooG news (if I may say) is that after TomTom has gone through sharp decreases in revenues, it will slowly but surely become a nice affordable target for Apple?.. And the other Goog news for Apple is that, just besides this navigation system, the whole Goog's world has to remain accessible on iPhone...<br><br>In the end Larry Page and Steve Jobs are both genius "indigo founders" moved by passion, vision and change-the-world capabilities; and there will be I am sure quite a few surprinsingly successful entrepreneurial stories within both iPhone and Android's explosive ecosystems... Android is definitely the one and only serious tricky fear Steve Jobs should have – shifting down Appstore's potential from Great to Good; even saw some posts of people leaving iPhone when that GOOG 3D revolutionary navigation system was announced, that surprised me a bit.

As an open platform we'll be impressed by the explosion of the Android's ecosystem as soon as 2010 – less good quality though than iPhone on average; the natural counterpart of an open platform with no quality check; also meaning security leaks?.. And a still-lagging-behind/outpaced hardware design from handset manufacturers facing Apple?..

The GooG news (if I may say) is that after TomTom has gone through sharp decreases in revenues, it will slowly but surely become a nice affordable target for Apple?.. And the other Goog news for Apple is that, just besides this navigation system, the whole Goog's world has to remain accessible on iPhone…

In the end Larry Page and Steve Jobs are both genius “indigo founders” moved by passion, vision and change-the-world capabilities; and there will be I am sure quite a few surprinsingly successful entrepreneurial stories within both iPhone and Android's explosive ecosystems…

]]> By: LIAD http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5993 LIAD Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5993 I concur.<br><br>Not for the first time and definitely not for the last, Google have put<br>Microsoft between a rock and a hard-place<br><br>2009/11/2 Disqus <> I concur.

Not for the first time and definitely not for the last, Google have put
Microsoft between a rock and a hard-place

2009/11/2 Disqus <>

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5992 brisbourne Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:05:53 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5992 They could and probably should, but most companies lack the courage to cannibalise their legacy products with cheaper next generation offerings, so moving from 'you pay me' to 'I pay you' would show that Ballmer has vision and courage unmatched by perhaps any fortune 500 CEO in history. And I bet Wall Street wouldn't thank him. They could and probably should, but most companies lack the courage to cannibalise their legacy products with cheaper next generation offerings, so moving from 'you pay me' to 'I pay you' would show that Ballmer has vision and courage unmatched by perhaps any fortune 500 CEO in history. And I bet Wall Street wouldn't thank him.

]]> By: LIAD http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5991 LIAD Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:22:32 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/11/02/less-than-free-as-a-business-is-it-time-to-be-afraid-of-google/#comment-5991 Microsoft could leverage the same structural competitive advantages as Google, should they choose to do so.<br><br>They would be cannibalising their revenue model in the process - but perhaps it would be for the greater good. Microsoft could leverage the same structural competitive advantages as Google, should they choose to do so.

They would be cannibalising their revenue model in the process – but perhaps it would be for the greater good.

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