News · 7 Dec 2010 · MTW Editorial Team
Google’s Andy rubin (the man behind Android and formely Danger before it was bought by Microsoft) is being interviewed by the WSJ’s Kara Swicher and Walt Mossberg and had some things to say about Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 when asked about it:
Walt: “You were very nice about Apple… but there are other players. Microsoft has gotten back in the game… I think of your phones and iPhones as super smartphones… but can you talk about BlackBerry and Microsoft?”
Andy: “I don’t think it’s ever going to be just two… I do think that Android has a distinctive advantage, so does the iPhone. It’s new — we have no legacy.”
Kara: “That was the idea behind Palm.”
Andy: “Yeah, they cleared the slate. And that’s a big advantage. And some of these guys, Windows Mobile, there’s code in there that’s 20 years old.”
Walt: “You’re saying there’s 20 year old code in Windows Phone 7?”
Andy:“Yes, it’s built from the same codebase that Windows Mobile 1.0 was built on.”
Walt: “Is it bad code?”
Andy: “Well, I’ll bet a lot of the engineers that built that old code aren’t there anymore.”
This is 100% FUD
Walt: “Is there nothing praiseworthy in WP7? They obviously aware of you guys. There’s more in common with the iPhone and Android than with Windows Phone… is that going to work for them?”
Andy: “I think it’s a good 1.0 product. It does look good, it looks unique. And there are these services that we talked about.”
Walt: “And Microsoft has those..”
Andy:“Yeah, Xbox — huge potential there.”
Walt: “So you think they can have some success?”
Andy: “Well I can’t predict, but I think so… if I could advise them I would tell them to look into more carrier and OEM customization… to be more open…”
Well ,my advise to Microsoft would be not to listen to him….Anyway, I find ironic that what he wants MS to do is:1) What MS was doing before Android was ever created. 2) What everybody hates the most about Android: Carrier and OEMs messing with the OS and fragmenting the platform… It also contradicts his previous claim about the Mobile industry not needing an other OS…
transcript via engadget
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