Google, along with a number of mobile hardware manufacturers, announced the Android mobile OS today. What became painfully obvious, though, from reading Engadget’s live-blogging of the conference call is that the press members that were allowed to ask questions have no idea what any of this means. Repeated questions of ‘so when is Google going to release their own mobile hardware?’ I figured that there might be some confusion over open-source licensing but it appeared the press didn’t know hardware from software. It just seemed that the big media tech reporters weren’t asking questions about moving towards standardized platforms on mobile devices.
Where’s My gPhone?
When it comes to tech, the new media seems to be the only ones who are getting it. Case in point: read the post by Ryan Block at Engadget titled: “Palm: Assimilate with Android or Die” to get a better understanding of why Google’s announcement is important and just how bad the press asking questions missed it.