Ex-Google Manager Criticizes Android
Bitter and somewhat justified, Ulf Washbusch (we bet he never heard the end of it in high school) has decided to criticize Google Android and the phone on which it will be making its debut. You see, Ulf is now the ex-Google Mobile Product Manager who now works in MySpace’s mobile product operations. We think Ulf is just embarrassing himself like telling a girlfriend who just dumped you, “Well, your cooking stinks and I never liked the way you dressed, anyway,” when he says:
It’s funny – but the first time I heard about Android was about 2.5 years ago, when Eric Schmidt told me about the device at Stanford after I got a job offer from Google (yet before I accepted it!). Since then I have seen many iterations of the software. The software. Not the device itself, because sadly it hasn’t changed in many years. The reason many people see the phone as ugly and old-fashioned is simply… because it IS! It’s a design unchanged for at least two years, without iterations on it besides color schemas (it’s now available in Zune-brown along with white and black) and the silly ‘with Google’ description on the back. Don’t ask me what ‘with Google’ means. I didn’t understand it back then and still don’t understand it today.
Well then, it seems someone wasn’t happy with his department during his tenure at Google. We see his point – the phone could have been a little sexier. We take that back, it could have been a hellofalot sexier, but there isn’t much to be done at this point. Apparently, this guy is not stopping just at his blog when his Facebook status read, “Ulf is disappointed but not surprised about the ‘G1′. Where’s the cheap data plan? Where do I plug in my headphones? No video player? How do I get contacts in it?”
Be careful, MySpace, you’ve a feisty one on your hands! That’s right, pour gasoline on the bridge, light match, and watch it burn. Burn!
Looks like any other Windows Mobile phone to me.
I see lots of people breaking it and regretting ever getting it. Too many mechanical parts means lots of trouble ahead.
Wow! I love all the debate over whether or not this phone has the “looks” to make it in the “real world”! Kudos to honestmike for really laying it out for everybody. The thing to consider here is not looks. It’s capability. This device is ground breaking, giving us as consumers COMPLETE control over what we want and need.
So what if HTC, Google and T-Mobile tried to make this look like the iPhone? Do we really want companies copying each others looks, while providing better products? Let’s agree that as of right now, the Dream has the most original design for DEDICATED data devices, but some better bonuses lurking underneath.
Quit talking about looks. This phone will allow you to do more than you have ever imgagined, and then some, so let’s get used to her homely looks, and love her for what she does for us.
Funny how EVERYONE here forgets that the G1 is ONLY 1 device! The main thing here is the OS. HTC is the maker of many very good looking devices (HTC Touch HD). It won’t be long till it applies Android to it’s existing line of products. This is where the iPhone can never challenge Android, it’s just one (well now two) dedicated device running it’s own OS. Love it or hate it, that is fact. Android on the other hand is an OS that can be put on almost any device, so if the G1 is not to your liking (it’s not sexy just face it) then just wait a month and see HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG (all of the Open Handset Alliance) roll out their new Android powered handsets. No to mention Nokia and Sony-Ericsson.
What a douche
I happen to like the style of the HTC G1. I just got it this weekend and am completely happy with it. Its built sturdy. which is pretty important to me. Its got an actual keyboard, unlike my iphone. Software choices are becoming more abundant…. Sorry to say, I love MAC OS, unfortunately, being the computer geek I am, I also like to change parts and install whatever I want….. that includes something as simple as changing a battery. and ooooh, I can go to several providers and use it with them…. and I am not stuck with the sub-par service I got from AT&T….. gave my iphone away for free and got this…. much happier.
moron, its not a windows mobile device.