Apple
and IBM (International Business Machines) had forged a partnership to leverage
IBM Cloud Computing power over their popular Apple iPhone Platform.
This
is what’s referred to as IBM
MobileFirst for iOS as I’d detailed in my blog article
entitled “Microsoft
and IBM for IBM MobileFirst for iOS – How Apple with IBM Cloud Computing
indicates Apple-Microsoft-IBM-Google Deal Possible in the Future”.
Now
HP (Hewlett Packard), who apparently had in negotiations with Apple, feeling
spurned that their “Executive Siri” idea got toasted, have decided to partner
with Google. Their plan apparently is meld Google Now, the Google Android Voice
Assistant, into a Search Service that can query HP’s Cloud Server Platform for Corporate
and Enterprise information as stated in the article “Google
said to be deepening enterprise roots with HP”, published August 13, 2014
2:40 PM PDT by Richard Nieva, CNET News.
It
now means that BOTH Apple and Google are now realizing the truth; there is an
untapped market in Corporate and Enterprise customers that Blackberry left
behind. This as I’d determined via my analysis that showed that Developers need
to target not just Video Game Apps but also make Apps for Corporate and
Enterprise, especially Cloud-based Applications as explained in my blog article
entitled “Vision
Mobile’s 10,000 Developer Global Study – Why Developers prefer developing for
Android and Apple iOS yet Enterprise makes Steady Money”.
But
like the plan that Facebook and now Twitter have for launching a “Buy” Button
on their Social Media pages as explained in my blog article
entitled “Twitter’s
one-click Buy Button – How One-Click E-Commerce is Twitter’s Great Smurfberry
Scam Confessions of a Shopaholic”, I smell a smurfberry scandal that has a
flavor more like KitKat or Jellybean, whatever you’re into.
HP and Google –
Corporate and Enterprise marriage made in Fragmented Heaven
Apparently,
this half-baked idea is probably because IBM MobileFirst for iOS is now
up and running, with Apple having snagged Ford Motors as a customer, swapping
out their Blackberries for Apple iPhones as noted in “Ford
Plans To Replace BlackBerries With iPhones Beginning This Year”, published
July 29, 2014 by Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch.
I
say half-baked as Google Android is still heavily fragmented as an OS, with
various smartphones still running older versions of Android, based on Android
Developer Dashboard Stats as stated in the article “Android
4.4 KitKat bites off 13% of Android devices”, published June 5, 2014 5:31
AM PDT by Lance Whitney, CNET News.
Thanks
to their own popularity Google Android smartphones are the dominant OS Globally
as noted in my blog article entitled
“IDC
Stats for Second Quarter of 2014 points to Asian Smartphone Rise – How cheaper
smartphones are slowly killing BOTH Apple and Samsung marketshare”. That
means their Fragmentation is just in the US of A, but globally.
For
this to work, Google needs to also partner with a reputable smartphone maker
and require their potential clients switch over their smartphones to this new
device, just as Apple is doing with Ford Motors. This as HP, despite having
Corporate and Enterprise connections, has a notoriously fickle Executive
Management style that might make many wary of any smartphone offer.
This
as they skipped out on the Tablet and smartphone business back in Sunday August
21st 2011 as I’d reported in my Geezam
blog article entitled “WebOS
powered HP TouchPad for US$99 – HP exits PC business in Apple’s Post-PC era”
This
only to return two years later in October 2013 with the HP
Chromebook 11, basically placing their bets on the rising popularity and
ease of manufacture of Google Chrome OS as explained in my
Geezam blog article entitled “US$279 HP
Chromebook 11 is a great Christmas present for Millennials”.
Therein
layeth the problem! Google’s partner, though well intentioned, is taciturn,
having a habit to ditch what they’re doing if things aren’t going their way!
They need a Third partner…. A mobile handset maker partner.
Google and Motorola
Mobility – Make your own smartphone, alienate smarphone makers
Remember
Google had purchased Motorola Mobility back on Monday August 15th
2011 as chronicled in my Geezam blog
article entitled “ Google Acquires
Motorola Mobility – Weapon of Choice in the IP and Set Top Box Wars”. Back
then I thought it was to make Set Top Boxes to boost their Google Streaming Set
Top Box business.
That
eventually went bust, only to be replaced by the Google Chromecast Streaming
Device for which they recently celebrated their 1 year Anniversary on Friday
July 24th 2014 as stated in my blog article entitled
“Google
Play Music’s All Access Music Subscription Three months Free Streaming - Happy
Birthday as Google Chromecast fights Amazon fire TV”.
Instead,
Google went ahead and made the Moto X and then the Moto G series as chronicled
in my blog article entitled
“US$179
Moto G debut on Wednesday November 11 2013 from Motorola - Google's Quad-Core
Budget smartphone is Free Birds for the Lost 500 million sheep”.
Google
may find this difficult, after having alienated smartphone manufacturers when
they decided to make their own smartphone via Motorola Mobility. Especially now
that they’ve sold Motorola Mobility to Chinese-owned Laptop and smartphone
maker Lenovo for some US$2.91 billion dollars as stated in “Lenovo
To Buy Motorola Mobility From Google For $2.91 Billion”, published January
29, 2014 by Matt Burns, TechCrunch.
Most
likely, they really purchased
Motorola Mobility due to frustration over fragmentation within Google Android.
So they figured if they made a flagship smartphone, they could serve as an
example to smartphone makers the level of quality that they expect from them.
However,
the smartphone is run by Consumer, Corporate and Enterprise Trends. It’s also
powered by your Buying power, as if you don’t have the money to upgrade, you
just don’t. This along with 2 year Contract lock-in by Telecom Providers, is
the main contributor to Fragmentation, even though Telecom Providers do try to
issue Android Updates on a timely manner.
Google and Samsung –
Galaxy Alpha Metallic Charms to woo Corporate and Enterprise
Any
smartphone manufacturer partnering with Google and HP, will have to benefit
handsomely from this partnership. It also has to not involve HP; they’re main
purpose in this partnership is to provide the Enterprise Cloud Platform, which
has been rock-solid business for them all this time.
I
suspect that partner will be Samsung and their recently launched flagship
smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Alpha as detailed in my blog article
entitled “Samsung
Galaxy Alpha with Metallic Band - Last of the 5” smartphones with decreased
Battery Life as the Luddite Camp gets Larger”.
Samsung
copycat design that’s Apple themed with a metallic band, despite the criticism
from some quarters stating that they’ve become chicken as stated in “THE
GALAXY ALPHA IS PROOF THAT SAMSUNG IS TERRIFIED OF IPHONE 6”, published
August 16, 2014 By Andy Boxall, DigitalTrends
indicates that they’re being smart. They realize that many are loyal to Apple
and would only like Android if it was packaged in a smartphone that had the
same aesthetic appearance, ergonomics and design appeal like the Apple iPhone.
So
why not just oblige and make an entire line of smartphones that are
Apple-themed but packing the latest, most up-to-date version of Google Android
4.4.1 i.e. Kitkat. Not only will Android Kitkat have the latest security
features but if the corporate partner purchases the smartphones to replaces
those they have on their CUG (Closed User Group), they’ll all bon on a common
Platform all around.
HP
and Google have now realized that the Corporate and Enterprise space is free of
Blackberry. Now that Apple and IMB have teamed up, they realize that an
effective strategy to conquer the more revenue-stable Corporate and Enterprise
World is to do the same. But they need a solid manufacture of smartphones to
act as their secure Platform that leverages the latest, most secure versions of
Google Android.
In
seeking to become Alpha Dog in the Corporate and Enterprise Wilderness, the
Samsung Galaxy Alpha may be the perfect companion Wolf of Wall Street for Google
Now!
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