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Author:  forquare1 [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Schmidt does one better than Jobs
Many people would say Jobs has a candied view of the world, one where everyone loves iProducts and loves him. But has Schmidt gone one better?

Google chief: Nexus One was 'so successful, we killed it'

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt has convinced himself that the company killed its sold-direct-to-netizen Nexus One phone after less than six months because it was "so successful."

"The idea a year and a half ago was to do the Nexus One to try to move the phone platform hardware business forward. It clearly did," Schmidt told The Telegraph, demonstrating just how far removed from reality his mind has become.


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Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Schmidt does one better than Jobs
At first galance he could have a point. They used the Nexus One to get a rather large foothold in the smartphone OS market. It worked.
But then you look deeper and realise that they got a 3rd party to make the phone, and that third party along with others is making better phones with more innovation without Google and reaping the rewards from it. People don't go into a shop and Ask for a Google phone, they ask for a HTC or a Nokia etc.
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