Android is Destined to Fail Say Many Devs and Analysts

[Andor]

For the past few days i've found many 'news' stories and blog articles across the mobile 'blogosphere' all drawing from analyst predictions and industry execs that Android is destined to be Google's first failure.

These predictions seem to be purely based on the Android comparison with the iPhone.

Richard Waters, at The Financial Times, said, "For Google, comparisons with Apple are turning out to be both inevitable and damning. If the iPhone has been a text-book case of how to develop and market a new consumer electronics product, Android is the opposite, according to industry experts."

Did Google hit us with the Android announcement too early? Has their treatment of developers burned too many bridges?

Critics also are taking Google to task over the lack of a clear focus for the Android platform. Is it aimed at consumers, prosumers, or professionals? Will the horizontal integration of many different players create a cohesive experience for users, or one that is fractured?

[Rand5]

I love these sensationalist analysts, dont you?

It's likely that Android may get off to a slow start but there's no doubt in my mind it's going to be a huge addition to the mobile market.

The fact that Android has the potential to run on any piece of hardware, now or in the future will certainly cause a lot of WinMo developers to be drawn to the platform... heck it could even spell the death of Windows Mobile.

[jcott28]

It's great that Android has been marked for failure before it even gets released. An open source mobile platform driven by some of the best developers in the world and it just gets no respect. Amazing.

[MarkP]

And still the comparisons with iPhone flood in.

I expect a lot of these 'industry analysts' and whatever will be quick to change their tune 12-18months from now.

I just hope that critics dont focus too much on the cosmetics of the handset but put more emphasis on the actual Android OS.