Remember the olden days when the carriers were in charge and you got whatever they were serving for dinner? Well we aren’t ever going back to that but I can’t help remember a conversation I had with the head of product for a US carrier last year at Mobile World Congress where he told me that their ideal world was “5-10 platforms with 10-20% each.” Why? Because in that mess someone has to help the user figure it all out and they are back to being in a pole position.
Android as we know it will die in the next two years and what it means for you
Interesting perspective. Personally, I see fragmentation as more of a win for the open web than carrier-controlled app distribution, but I can see why they’d think they have a shot at staying relevant.
