http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/11/06/floating-all-boats-local-companies-have-their-own-reasons-for-joining-googles-open-source-handset-alliance/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/11/06/floating-all-boats-local-companies-have-their-own-reasons-for-joining-googles-open-source-handset-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-2805 Wade Roush Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:34:47 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2007/11/06/floating-all-boats-local-companies-have-their-own-reasons-for-joining-googles-open-source-handset-alliance/#comment-2805 Jennifer, thanks so much for reading Xconomy and for registering your comment. I think our interpretations are pretty similar. Android is a big deal because it will help to unleash all of the software innovation that the big carriers have been suppressing. That can only benefit alliance members, especially the smaller companies like Sonivox. Jennifer, thanks so much for reading Xconomy and for registering your comment. I think our interpretations are pretty similar. Android is a big deal because it will help to unleash all of the software innovation that the big carriers have been suppressing. That can only benefit alliance members, especially the smaller companies like Sonivox.

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/11/06/floating-all-boats-local-companies-have-their-own-reasons-for-joining-googles-open-source-handset-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-2804 Jennifer Hruska Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:54:19 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2007/11/06/floating-all-boats-local-companies-have-their-own-reasons-for-joining-googles-open-source-handset-alliance/#comment-2804 Certainly the Google OHA allows founding members to get their product offerings in front of more eyeballs but I would like to correct the interpretation of SONiVOX comments in this regard. "Breaking the logjam" is about application developers finally having a common, open, software platform to develop for, and a distribution and commercialization paradigm that allows those applications to make it to market. Mobile application developers know well the nightmares of porting to hundreds of handsets, squeezing functionality down to its least common demoninator, and if you get that right, having to convince 3 or 4 large corporate carriers to distribute and sell your application, while requiring a labyrinth of technical requirements and an unnegotiable percent of sales. It's a development and business model that excludes small companies, true innovation and a truely competitive marketplace. The Google Android platform aims to level this playing field and as a consequence bring truely exciting mobile handsets, appications, and end user experience to mobile customers. That is the primary and most exciting reason SONiVOX chose to contribute its mobile product offerings to the OHA. -Jennifer Hruska, President & Founder, SONiVOX Certainly the Google OHA allows founding members to get their product offerings in front of more eyeballs but I would like to correct the interpretation of SONiVOX comments in this regard. “Breaking the logjam” is about application developers finally having a common, open, software platform to develop for, and a distribution and commercialization paradigm that allows those applications to make it to market. Mobile application developers know well the nightmares of porting to hundreds of handsets, squeezing functionality down to its least common demoninator, and if you get that right, having to convince 3 or 4 large corporate carriers to distribute and sell your application, while requiring a labyrinth of technical requirements and an unnegotiable percent of sales. It’s a development and business model that excludes small companies, true innovation and a truely competitive marketplace. The Google Android platform aims to level this playing field and as a consequence bring truely exciting mobile handsets, appications, and end user experience to mobile customers. That is the primary and most exciting reason SONiVOX chose to contribute its mobile product offerings to the OHA. -Jennifer Hruska, President & Founder, SONiVOX

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