News Story Google Launches Boneheaded Retail Strategy

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Tue, 01/05/2010 - 15:03

Google announced the long awaited Nexus One today, but the phone itself was only part of the story.

Google has decided to distribute the phone exclusively through its own web store , a misguided strategy I think will ultimately backfire on them.

Frankly, I think it's a mistake for the company to get into the hardware business period, but I see their approach as widely flawed, while Google sees it as the height of innovation. ...


 

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