Visiongain Android report goes light on Qualcomm
Rating: Where’s the in-depth analysis of Qualcomm’s role
It’s hardly a surprise that one of the mobile industry’s analysts, VisionGain, decided that the whole Google and Android thing merited a lengthy report. Intriguingly this publication appears to be going very light on Qualcomm’s involvement in Android.The blurb surrounding the report – ‘Google’s Android and Mobile Linux Report 2008 – A Google-led Initiative to Reshape the Mobile Market Environment’ provides little we don’t already know.
However, I was curious to see a particular sentence which mentioned Qualcomm. It says the report will provide “insight into Qualcomm’s highly productive business strategy.”
Hmm. That would seem to fit with the mention of Anrdoid handsets which T-Mobile’s Joe Simssaid he’s seen, they could certainly based on Qualcomm chips. [See our previous T-Mobile/Android story here.]
http://www.gomonews.com/apple-google-to-go-head-to-head/
And Qualcomm probably thinks that playing in the ‘open source’ space is going to be highly lucrative. Personally I’d have thought that, if anything, Qualcomm stands to lose from its proprietary OS, BREW, being replaced by something almost completely free based around Linux.
The strange thing is that I can’t see anything within any of the ten chapters which suggests that the authors go into depth about Qualcomm’s involvement.
I do, however, agree with the reports central premise – namely that Google sees the “the current ecosystem underpinned by MNOs and platforms such as Symbian, Windows Mobile and Blackberry” as holding back its business model.
The report also claims that “Google is aiming to build foundations in technology standards to effectively liberate mobile online content and applications on a global scale over the long term.”
Now we’d all like to see content in the mobile world liberated. The question is whether or not you trust Google’s motivation and methods in trying to do this.
While these words of wisdom are entirely free, the Visiongain report will set you back £1,499 (circa $3,000).
Bena Adds: Tony, am ashamed to say it - but I have never even heard of Visiongain!
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