Comments on: The Google Experience [Opinion]

By: Counsel Dew

Counsel Dew — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:55:00 +0000

… but you are complainng about hi post just as he complained about the article. To each their own. Who cares who likes which device? I just care what I like…

By: owan

owan — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:40:00 +0000

What Google says publicly, or the way that they certify devices doesn’t have anything to do with the way that they’re perceived by the community at large. Is your point is that readers shouldn’t use the term “google experience” to refer to the Nexus because every phone with google apps has already been dubbed the “Google Experience” by the powers that be? That “angle” doesn’t make any sense because the consumers have obviously spoken and chosen to differentiate between a skinned version of android and a stock version. How Google chooses to differentiate is irrelevant because its all marketing and lip service to placate OEMs, what matters is that the discerning customer does not consider skinned versions to be the true “Google Experience”.

By: Ron Offringa

Ron Offringa — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:13:00 +0000

My article doesn’t ignore the issue of skins and UIs. It’s looking at that issue from a fundamentally different angle. I’ve written extensively about OEM’s skins. Do their skins offer a dramatically different experience than a Nexus device? Absolutely, but historically Google would still say that a device with a skin and Google apps is “with Google,” or offering a Google experience. The very fact that Google has to approve these phones before they launch with Google apps points to that fact. You could maybe say that because of this Google supports multiple Google experiences in conjunction with their own version.

By: Ron Offringa

Ron Offringa — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:09:00 +0000

Sure, competition is great, but that doesn’t mean I can’t root for the product I want.

By: Randroid

Randroid — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Competition is good, but the Amazon App store is crap.

And truly, competition comes into play WITHIN the market/Play Store, not in implementing multiple different markets. That’s just unnecessary (dare I use this word…) fragmentation.

By: InyRules

InyRules — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:37:00 +0000

I chose NOT to buy a Kindle Fire because the majority of the apps I would use on it are free on the Play Store, while the Amazon App Store wants to charge you for everything. Even though I am a Prime member, I found the Kindle Fire and it’s services don’t benefit me that greatly. The MP3 store app and the Kindle app are free on the Play Store, and Amazon currently does not offer a wide enough library of free movies/TV shows for their members to justify the Kindle Fire. The Fire is only really neat for the price point, but really, people would be crazy to choose it over the Nexus 7.

By: owan

owan — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Being sanctioned by Google and having the “pure” experience is different. When I get a skinned version I’m interacting with the android UI as interpreted by that particular OEM. Do I trust that the OEM will design a better UI than Google? If yes, then sure, I can get the Android “experience” with any skinned phone, but i’m not getting the Google android experience. Your article basically ignores the fact that having the same UI and having the Google play store are two fundamentally different issues.

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:16:00 +0000

Likely won’t happen. I doubt the guv’ment would approve of such a vertical monopoly, similar to how AT&T got busted for trying to make thier own phones back in the 80′s.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:06:00 +0000

I’d rather have an S-off HTC over a Nexus. That’s also because my first phone was an HTC Sensation and I’ve sort of grown accustomed to Sense, but to each his own right? Now when it comes to tablets where I’m less likely to care about Sense’s social app integration, give me that pure Google.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:49:00 +0000

I was a T-Mobile user for 7 years before switching to VZW, I’d have to say a Google buyout would be much appreciated, they really need that network expanded and Google has the cash to do something about it.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:37:00 +0000

You can download Amazon MP3 and stuff from the play store.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:10:00 +0000

To be honest, at it’s price point, it was pretty much the best tablet. Now, with the Nexus 7 out, I have a new device to recommend.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:03:00 +0000

Amazon had a nice solid device with the Kindle Fire. At such a low price point, I might buy a Kindle Fire 2 (or whatever they call it when it comes out) and the Nexus 7.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:57:00 +0000

I can hear the war cry now “FOR GOOGLE!!!”

By: majormudafuckinhun

majormudafuckinhun — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:48:00 +0000

Google’s already got an awesome music hub called YouTube! That’s where I get my tunes!