Blog Amphibious
By Adam Richardson - August 17, 2011
The shockwaves of the recent announcement that Google is buying Motorola Mobility, the handset and device division that spun off from the Motorola mother ship not long ago, will continue to ripple far and wide. There are several reasons why this could be a great boost for Android, but also some major concerns about getting the two companies and their product lines to blend well.
Blog Amphibious
By Adam Richardson - February 22, 2010
Recently I wrote about why Google needed to take control of both hardware and OS for Android with the Nexus One. Others making hardware on top of Android had just not been able to create the quality of user experience that Google wanted, and, as the old saying goes, if you want something done right you have to do it yourself.
An interesting article on Gizmodo makes the same argument about Microsoft and Windows Phone 7:
Blog Amphibious
By Adam Richardson - October 1, 2008
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the new Palm Treo Pro, and I was fairly critical of the new smartphone. Why? Basically because I felt that it was good, but "good" isn't good enough in today’s dynamic smartphone market. To delve a bit more deeply into this I thought it might be interesting to use the Kano model as some people may not not familiar with this approach.
