Is Google a Worthy Competitor To Apple?

Finally, it seems that apple has met a worthy competitor among them...Google. So far, nobody couldn't beat what apple was offering year after year; with Iphones and ipods, new features was added every year to make them even more high-tech. Now google comes forth with their on smartphone in the works, which is scheduled to hit the market early next year. The new "Android" is said to be touch-screen and enables any consumer to use any carrier that they have.

I think google does have an edge over other carriers with this one because many carriers have nice phones that you can only use for that specific carrier. For example, the sidekicks were very popular and everybody wanted one; however t-mobile was the only carrier that you can get it from. According to the New York Times, "The apparent shift underscores the fact that mobile phones are quickly becoming the biggest technology battleground of the future, as consumers increasingly rely on their phones to browse the Internet and perform other computing tasks."

I think that is true because more and more people are beginning to use their phones for the internet. Not saying that computers are going to diminish, because phones may enable people to use the internet, but they can't DO everything. Although google is very successful, analysts say that with Google's success on the internet, there is no guarantee that it will carry on into it's design, marketing, and distribution of hardware. The new android could earn google some success depending on how the price the phone "Most Americans buy phones that are subsidized by wireless carriers, which recoup that cost by locking customers into contracts.

IPhones that cost consumers $199 actually cost AT&T about $550, analysts say." In my opinion, I really think this is going to be some good competition for both companies because they're both successful in what they bring to the entertainment/media world.