Two recent UK newspaper reports, two opposing factual stories. The Sunday Times ran a story this weekend on Google’s failure to make an impact with Android.
To quote: “It is almost two years since Google launched Android but so far it has disappointed. After the initial hype, Harry Wang, analyst at Parks Associates, said he was surprised by how slow the rise of the software had been.”
This appeared on the same day in the Observer: Apple iPhone faces Android threat. “The battle to dent the dominance of Apple’s iPhone will intensify next month. Orange and T-Mobile are expected to unveil exclusive deals to stock the latest touchscreen phones that use Google’s Android software to British gadget fans.”
In recent weeks Michael Arrington of Techcrunch fame gave his iPhone back after what sounded like a sorry two years of owning it.
Here’s the point of mentioning this and my question…. These sources share contrary views of a major product/initiative. Would it be everyone’s experience that there has been ambivalence around the iPhone or that the jury is out on Android? My impression is that ambivalence has not been a feature of any reporting I’ve read until now so I wonder are we turning a significant corner in the way we appraise this market?
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