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 Dan Hesse sez Android "not yet good enough" for Sprint brand : fones4.com[...] Hesse, the CEO of Sprint, one of the founding members of the OHA, was quoted saying that Android still needs a bit of a finesse before it carries its logo. This comes at a time when everyone out there is pulling on Sprint for not being able to maintain [...]
- Posted by Sprint CEO: Android Has to Wait | The Androider[...] [Via: Reuters] [...]
- Posted by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says Android not good enough for Sprint : fones4.com[...] información en: http://www.androidauthority.com http://blogs.reuters.com [...]
- Posted by Sprint y HTC tienen posiciones contrarias sobre Android | AtajoTVI just got a G1 phone this past Friday and let me tell you, it’s definitely a very powerful tool for those who are hard core Google apps users. The two most important tools I use from Google (Gmail and Calendar) integrate right into the phone. I think what some people don’t quite understand yet is how tight things work together. All my contacts in Gmail are contacts in the phone. Everything is so well organized and seamless as far as email+phone+IM+calendar, all the other features that exist I consider bonus. This phone does what it needs to, the other features such as video recording/playback, etc… will come in time, but lack thereof should not be a reason to say it can’t be sold to your customers.
If you’re looking for a phone/communications device then this phone is for you. If you’re looking for a media player that also has a phone in it, then you should consider an iPhone or wait for Android to mature.
- Posted by Angelo Mandato[...] imploding under the weight of a tough economy and defecting customers. Still, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was recently quoted as saying that Google’s new Android OS “is not good enough to put the Sprint brand on it.” [...]
- Posted by Sprint CEO: Android Not Good Enough For Sprint Brand - The same Sprint brand that’s currently in the toilet due to Nextel? | Voip Blog[...] imploding under the weight of a tough economy and defecting customers. Still, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was recently quoted as saying that Google’s new Android OS “is not good enough to put the Sprint brand on it.” [...]
- Posted by TPile » Blog Archive » Sprint CEO: Android Not Good Enough For Sprint Brand - The same Sprint brand that’s currently in the toilet due to Nextel?[...] imploding under the weight of a tough economy and defecting customers. Still, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was recently quoted as saying that Google’s new Android OS “is not good enough to put the Sprint brand on it.” [...]
- Posted by Sprint CEO: Android Not Good Enough For Sprint Brand - The same Sprint brand that’s currently in the toilet due to Nextel? | Telecom News[...] ricorda Reuters, è tra le 30 aziende che dichiarano di supportare lo sviluppo di un “sistema [...]
- Posted by NBT: Dan Hesse: Android è difettoso, niente marchio Sprint[...] Hesse, the CEO of Sprint, one of the founding members of the OHA, was quoted saying that Android still needs a bit of a finesse before it carries its logo. This comes at a time when everyone out there is pulling on Sprint for not being able to maintain [...]
- Posted by Sprint CEO: Android Has to Wait | AndroidGuyssorry the article actual quoted him wrong he actually said:
“Sprint isn’t good enough for the Google (Android) brand” sorry for the confusion everyone.
- Posted by Steve[...] Reuters, Thanks Kurt!] This entry was written by admin, posted on October 26, 2008 at 10:47 am, filed [...]
- Posted by Sprint CEO: Android Not Good Enough For Us | The AndroiderNot good enough for Sprint… What was the razr???
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- Posted by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says Android not good enough for SprintNot good enough for what? It’s better than Windows Mobile. It’s certainly a lot nicer than running J2ME apps on some random Sony Ericsson or Motorola. Am I missing something?
- Posted by exaptedIt will be a real success if it can open, with no hickups, most or common video formats just like being online on a regular PC. I am hoping the 2nd generation will have this capability. If it can view C-SPAN it will be a big plus too.
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- Posted by Spotgadgets.com » Blog Archive » Dan Hesse sez Android "not yet good enough" for Sprint brandSprint doesn’t like the openness. They want more control over what VOIP, IM peole are doing, which is like totally disrupting Sprint’s whole business model.
Sprint doesn’t like the total openness in applications you can install. Such as Amazon Mp3 store and stuff like that, which has no guarantee to share revenues with Sprint, and treating Sprint as just a dumb pipe.
Sprint is just afraid of the data centric revolution.
- Posted by Charbax[...] a lossy network at #3 might have something to do with it. According to Sinead Carew of Reuters, Hesse was quoted as telling the National Press Club that the Android open source operating system [...]
- Posted by Sprint CEO Says Android Not Good Enough for His Logo. Bitter Much? »TechAddress[...] Sprint: Android not good enough yet [Reuters] [...]
- Posted by Sprint: Android simply not good enough for us | Sugar Mob