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SLVR, s7 - don't use iTunes. Running water more important.
I use one w/ATT. Phone does MP3 also, but its locked out on mine. I bought it when my old phone died and it was new, thin, and quad-band. 99% use is as a phone, like most of the world.

Most of the world needs/wants cheap, not kewl. Huge cell sales growth are for developing markets in China, Africa, Asia, India etc. for people whom running water and heat are luxuries. Connecting to Facebook, downloading apps/music, and uploading to their blog fall below food, clothing, health, and education as priorities. Even below getting their daily half-caff, no-fat, venti latte.

Where people need something new to buy, a Swiss Army Knife with yet more blades can entertain them and perhaps get used. A few people might find one or two apps of value that they can't get on other phones.

Here is where a standardized platform wins. Its easier to satisfy lots of small niches, and over time some apps could foster new paradigms and value.
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I think that Google also needs to make their own self branded phone.  DonnieBoy | 07/24/08
It will be many years before it is "too late".  TripleII | 07/24/08
Don't discount Apple's leveraging of its iPod monopoly  NonZealot | 07/25/08
RE:  zdnet@... | 07/25/08
Apple didn't have the iPhone back then  NonZealot | 07/25/08
SLVR, s7 - don't use iTunes. Running water more important.  markk02474@... | 07/29/08
Do you ever tell the truth?  Bruizer | 07/25/08
white headphones  emenau | 07/26/08
RE: Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge  jamalystic | 07/25/08
RE: Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge  atari8bit@... | 07/25/08
ANdroid - Googles dumbest move ever.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/26/08
Don't declare winners before testing on the real phone!  Bblima | 07/27/08

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