Listen to Steve Jobs Rip Into Android and Its Fragmentation
Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:01pm by
Shalom Levytam
Listen to Steve Jobs rip into Android and its fragmented "open" system during Apple's Q4 conference call.
"Many Android OEMs install proprietary user-interfaces to differentiate themselves from the commodity Android experience. The user is left to figure it all out. Compare this with iPhone where ever handset works the same."
"We think the open vs closed is just a smokescreen to try and hide the real issue, which is: What's best for the customer? Fragmented vs. integrated. We think Android is very very fragmented and becoming more fragmented by the day."
"Open systems don't always win."
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"Many Android OEMs install proprietary user-interfaces to differentiate themselves from the commodity Android experience. The user is left to figure it all out. Compare this with iPhone where ever handset works the same."
"We think the open vs closed is just a smokescreen to try and hide the real issue, which is: What's best for the customer? Fragmented vs. integrated. We think Android is very very fragmented and becoming more fragmented by the day."
"Open systems don't always win."
Read More
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