Sprint may be having a lot of problems marketing its own brand in the last few years, but according to Chief Executive Dan Hesse, Google’s Android mobile operating system isn’t perfect either.
He told the National Press Club in Washington that he didn’t think Android in its current form is ”good enough to put the Sprint brand on it.”
But Hesse promised to sell a phone powered by Android “at some time in the future.” Sprint is part of the alliance of about 30 companies that said they would support Google’s development of a mobile phone operating system. T-Mobile USA started selling the first phone powered by Android earlier this week. (Reporting by Kim Dixon)
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- Posted by Sprint CEO Says Android Not Good Enough for His Logo. Bitter Much?Sprint is running around in circles. They should close the stores and reinvest those savings in a business unit that provides services (OTA provisioning, billing, CDN, etc.) directly to software developers.
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- Posted by TECHGEEK.com.au : Sprint CEO : Android not yet “good enough” for SprintI agree that it is probably not ready yet. If i purchase a phone from sprint with TV, GPS and Internet i want it to work right. I have played with the rom and it looks like theres work to be done.
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- Posted by Dan Hesse sez Android “not yet good enough” for Sprint brand | E-Z LifeBut he’s right, it’s incomplete, and the worst thing he could do is disappoint customers by hyping and selling a product that’s only half-baked. Once it’s done, he sez he’ll sell them.
What’s the problem? Not buying into the hype is a crime? Or selling a high-end, does-everything phone without (say) Bluetooth?
- Posted by wpnsDan Hesse is exactly right. Android isn’t even at a 1.0 quality.
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- Posted by Sprint’s CEO: Android isn’t good enough yet:Hesse is right on with this. I had the opportunity to check out the G1 and the software has a lot of potential, but is not quite ready for prime time yet.
That being said, I think it will evolve quickly and Sprint will release an Android flavored handset some time on the first half of ‘09.
- Posted by BrianThis is a mistake.
Sprint needs android terribly.
The software on my phone drives me nuts.
I have stayed on sprint only with the hope of an android phone in the near future.
- Posted by Kurt