Today my colleges from iPhoneMatters have published very interesting story called “Why The Gphone And iPhone Won’t Kill Each Other”. Read some excerpts from this post below.

“Google’s recent announcement of the Android OS has left us wondering what will happen to the cellular industry once a Gphone arrives. One thing is for sure, the Gphone won’t be an anything ‘killer’ but rather launch a revolution alongside the iPhone.

I could make this post about how the iPhone will squash the Android platform to protect my inner fanboyism but I’ll let others take care of that point of view. Anything could happen considering we won’t see a Gphone until 2008, however we can analyze the platform’s potential effects.

Google intends to unleash an easy to use platform for mobile devices and crippling those who dare try to interfere by locking it down. This idea of an open platform is achieved through open source underpinnings plus the initiative taken by dozens of companies prevents any one entity from slaughtering the original goals of this project.

For this platform to really take off, Google would have to employ guerrilla like tactics and attract consumers in droves. As of now, the only way to judge the Gphone is it’s a linux based smartphone, not so unique when you consider that smart phones don’t make up the majority of handset sales.

It won’t be the Gphone itself that drives the iPhone but Google’s motivation to reinvent the cellular industry. This will force carriers and handset manufacturers to adapt or be obsoleted.”

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