Any company who’s initials aren’t Apple had better be on this list. meanwhile, Apple would do well to open up their phone for use by other carriers.

I think ultimately Apple is going to lose this one, but they will make a lot of money while the others catch up. There is no way the entire smart phone market can be owned by one company, but Apple caught the others resting on their laurels.

Nokia is under the mistaken belief that they can roll their own iPhone competitor out of some variation on the N95+N800. They started with the right OS, but have taken too long to build a compelling user interface (or an actual phone that uses it).

Most “average” people (a group I am proud to belong to) don’t want to pay a lot extra for a telephone that can also browse the web.

It makes perfect sense that if I’m going to be out and about using a telephone to select where to eat, where the nearest hardware store is, etc. then the cost of using that phone should be subsidized (indirectly) by the companies that benefit from all that increased business.

Locking users into an AT$T network is a non-starter for many people. If Apple can’t figure this out, then someone surely will.

Ultimately Apple may once again drown in its own overwhelming need for “exclusivity” in various aspects of their business.

Yeah, the G1 the only one out right now and that needs to change, but the platform was just announced in November 2007, the full source code was released in early 2008, and the product cycle for new handsets is about 18 months.

any mobile carrier or handset maker that does a deal with google, or embraces it technology in any way, is slitting its own wrists