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To: rnsmth who wrote (92438)	2/22/2010 1:31:19 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

I don't think $100 makes that much of a difference, it's the plan over 2 years. Well not exactly. SOME customers like that cheap initial offering and don't think much about the plan. Other customers like me, think about the total cost. That total cost could definitely drive me to an android even though it looks like my new iMac will be purchased immanently. I would probably gravitate towards Nexus or one of the larger companies but the search would be worth it to me as I'm a penny pincher. I wonder what the split is between those who like the smaller money upfront and the penny pinchers?

To: rnsmth who wrote (92438)	2/22/2010 2:26:43 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213177

>>I don't think consumers (for the most part) want to engage in geekfests about which distro is better, particularly since their wireless company or hardware may or may not support it or make it available to them.<< Exactly. For the most part, a person who buys an Android phone will get all updates from the manufacturer of the phone, via the wireless carrier. The open source nature of the OS won't really be of much benefit to them, since they will have only one source for everything. The apps they use will be a subset of those that will work on their hardware and OS version - a subset determined by what is made very easily available to them by their wireless company. So effectively, a buyer of an Android phone will be, on a practical level, as locked in as an iPhone user currently is. At least, that's how it looks to me.