Sprint not happy with Google Android for the time being
October 27th, 2008 Leave a comment Visited 49 times, 3 so far today
Sprint not happy with Google Android for the time being
T-Mobile USA has become the first service provider in the world to offer a mobile phone powered by Google Android mobile platform.
The company is now selling the Google G1 mobile phone in the US market.
Rivals Sprint is one of the many companies which support this new mobile platform. But they do not have a model on sale on their network.
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said in a statement that they do not believe that the Google Android experience is currently good enough to get a Sprint label.
Some people might argue that the company is just sore that they do not have a Android phone on sale and are just trying to showcase that they are ok with it.
The reality is that the only two mobile phones people talk about today are the Apple iPhone 3G and the Google G1. Blackberries and other devices lost their charm in comparison.
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October 31st, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Hi, my name is BJ DeHut, and I’m a representative for Sprint. We appreciate the discussions that Dan Hesse’s comments have caused, but we believe his words were taken out of context about Android. Here is a statement from James Fisher, a member of Sprint’s communications organization, who was in the room at the National Press Club for Dan Hesse’s speech:
“I’m in Sprint’s communications organization, and I actually was in the room at the National Press Club for Dan Hesse’s speech. As with any single comment from a speech, it’s important to understand the context. Rather than criticize Google, Sprint is a partner with Google (it’s the default search provider on Sprint phones) and we are a very strong supporter of the Android community as a charter member of the Open Handset Alliance. We are interested in developing an Android-based handset, but we would want to make sure it fully leverages all of the advances of Sprint’s current handsets and the data strength of our wireless network. We have a unique approach to making data use easy, intuitive and simply priced. I think what Dan meant is that, only when we are certain we have fully leveraged all the advantages of Android with the advantages we’re known for, that’s when we’d introduce our Android handset. And as for speculation from anonymous folks about our plans, industry folks always trade gossip, but it’s not always true. ”
Source: http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/sprint-ceo-disses-google-s-android-phone-wishes-he-had-one-s-/page/1#comment-4905d5d314b9b932003811a4
If you have any further questions about Dan Hesse’s comments about the Android phone, feel free to email me at BJD@Sprint.com