Google controls the Andoird Market. Sure, manufacturers can roll their own markets if they want, but they will always be dwarfed by the offical one. No one is going to buy an Android phone that does not have access to the market. And Google can cut off access to any manufacturer at any time if they get too in-bed with Baidu or Microsoft.
Not to mention, the first thing anyone does who gets the stupid Bing phone from Verizon is uninstall it and put Google back. There has been such a consumer backlash that Ver
Not sure on the Verizon statement, last I heard Verizon were putting Google on their "Droid" handsets and putting Bing on their low-end android handsets (the ones not labeled "Droid")
"Harvard Business Review" needs more research (Score:3, Insightful)
Google controls the Andoird Market. Sure, manufacturers can roll their own markets if they want, but they will always be dwarfed by the offical one. No one is going to buy an Android phone that does not have access to the market. And Google can cut off access to any manufacturer at any time if they get too in-bed with Baidu or Microsoft.
Not to mention, the first thing anyone does who gets the stupid Bing phone from Verizon is uninstall it and put Google back. There has been such a consumer backlash that Ver
Re:"Harvard Business Review" needs more research (Score:2)
Not sure on the Verizon statement, last I heard Verizon were putting Google on their "Droid" handsets and putting Bing on their low-end android handsets (the ones not labeled "Droid")