Verizon takes shots at Android

[mark166]

Hey, this is competitive business at work. It is the result of a SWOT analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. After the analysis, a strategy for "selling against the competition" is developed. The angle they take, of course, is the the out-of-the-box capabilities of the G1, and not what other apps further enhance it nor what is coming "down the road".

Some of the things they say are only half true, but that is true enough. "Limited coverage" sounds bad, the fact that for me, that same coverage covers 92% of my locales through the year makes it seem less limiting. "Limits music to OTA..." is only in the Amazon sense, but is not true in general. As always, "buyer beware" and most are not.

Just good healthy competition, and the underscore of the Verizon selling "cheat sheet" is that they view G1 as a credible and serious threat.

Mark