Google I/O was last week and with it came a ton of great great news. Everything from Google's entry in to the living room, to codes, launches, Android, and more. There's so much, in fact, that I'm lumping it all into this one post. Details on Google TV, Froyo, Places API, WebM, and more are all after the jump.
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What you need to know:
• When the Nexus One launched, they were poised to revolutionize the mobile industry by offering the device independent from carriers, shifting the attention to which device you wanted, not which carrier had the device you wanted.
• This would then drive carriers to step up their game, because customers could get the device they wanted, and pick the carrier that was best.
• Unfortunately, Google consistently delivered poor numbers on the Nexus One.
• Now, Google is pulling the online Nexus One store, and sending customers to carriers to sign up for service just as we're all used to.
I'm pretty upset this didn't take. It had a lot of potential, and I feel like it's one of those things that just needed more time. The phone didn't even launch with all the carriers available. By the time they did, they replaced the Nexus One with the Droid Incredible on Verizon, and the EVO 4G on Sprint. Eventually, if they had launched with every carrier available, carriers would have realized that they had to step it up in order not to lose business, but unfortunately, that just wasn't the case. Hopefully we'll see some kind of resurgence soon, otherwise we're all stuck in the carrier's stranglehold for the foreseeable future.
Full post from the Google Blog after the jump.
Earlier today, HTC filed a countersuit against Apple calming that they were innovators way before Apple was in respect to mobile devices. They cite their Windows Mobile devices from all the way back in 2002, and other devices in 2007. Then they even go so far as to demand that Apple "halt the importation and sale of the iPhone, iPad and iPod in the United States". HTC also posted a video on YouTube that seems like it was created specifically for this case. Check it out along with the press release after the jump.
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When Square launched in a very private beta last December, it blew minds across the blogosphere. If you don't know what Square is, it's a mobile payment platform for everyone. Since then, I've been privileged to be on of the beta testers. I've used Square on the iPhone for a few months, and Square on the iPad and Droid for less than one, and I have to say, the level of polish that has been put into this platform is really stirring.
Well well well, what have we here. Based on a study published earlier this week, the Android OS has surpassed the iPhone in terms of market share for the first (and probably not last) time. Android has risen from a 20% market share, which really isn't a number to shake a stick at, all the way up to 28% in Q1 of this year. The iPhone, on the other hand, remained at the same 21%, and RIM (Blackberry) is holding strong at 36%.
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