Comments on: Kogan Agora Android Phones Announced http://www.mobilewhack.com/kogan-agora-android-phones-announced/ All The Latest Cell Phone, Gadget and Tech News Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kogan Agora Android Handset to Go Full Touchscreen? - Specs, reviews and prices. http://www.mobilewhack.com/kogan-agora-android-phones-announced/#comment-18519 Kogan Agora Android Handset to Go Full Touchscreen? - Specs, reviews and prices. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:33:29 +0000 http://www.mobilewhack.com/?p=21389#comment-18519 [...] Kogan Agora hasn’t been launched yet, but it seems that the folks behind it are working hard to [...] [...] Kogan Agora hasn’t been launched yet, but it seems that the folks behind it are working hard to [...]

]]> By: New Kogan Agora Android Phone in the Works? - Specs, reviews and prices. http://www.mobilewhack.com/kogan-agora-android-phones-announced/#comment-16350 New Kogan Agora Android Phone in the Works? - Specs, reviews and prices. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:27:07 +0000 http://www.mobilewhack.com/?p=21389#comment-16350 [...] were sorry to find out that Kogan’s Agoras were canceled until further noticed but we hoped the company will find the means necessary to [...] [...] were sorry to find out that Kogan’s Agoras were canceled until further noticed but we hoped the company will find the means necessary to [...]

]]> By: Kontra http://www.mobilewhack.com/kogan-agora-android-phones-announced/#comment-15287 Kontra Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:58:08 +0000 http://www.mobilewhack.com/?p=21389#comment-15287 The iPhone has climbed to the top of the most popular smartphones in the U.S. with a single model. Except for a very small list of obvious hardware differences between the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple’s mobile platform by now offers a uniform market of 20+ million users, all carrying an identically configured device. Same industrial design, same OS, same multi-touch UI, same iTunes multimedia content, same DRM, same peripherals, same purchasing process, and same coherency that has already resulted in 10,000+ apps and half a billion downloads at the App Store. iPhone developers do not have to worry about differing UIs or device configurations. They don’t have to accommodate all kinds of input devices from trackballs to multi-touch to stylus. They don’t have to invent their own syncing or notification systems. They don’t have to negotiate for different app stores. And as Kogan found out too late, they don’t have to worry about “compatibility and interoperability in the near future” in the form of varying screen sizes and resolutions. Ironically, if the iPhone platform can fail to dominate the smartphone market because it’s too closed, the Android platform may fail because it’s too open, as I explain here: "Agora phone exposes Android's Achilles Heel" http://counternotions.com/2009/01/19/agora/ The iPhone has climbed to the top of the most popular smartphones in the U.S. with a single model. Except for a very small list of obvious hardware differences between the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple’s mobile platform by now offers a uniform market of 20+ million users, all carrying an identically configured device. Same industrial design, same OS, same multi-touch UI, same iTunes multimedia content, same DRM, same peripherals, same purchasing process, and same coherency that has already resulted in 10,000+ apps and half a billion downloads at the App Store.

iPhone developers do not have to worry about differing UIs or device configurations. They don’t have to accommodate all kinds of input devices from trackballs to multi-touch to stylus. They don’t have to invent their own syncing or notification systems. They don’t have to negotiate for different app stores. And as Kogan found out too late, they don’t have to worry about “compatibility and interoperability in the near future” in the form of varying screen sizes and resolutions.

Ironically, if the iPhone platform can fail to dominate the smartphone market because it’s too closed, the Android platform may fail because it’s too open, as I explain here:

“Agora phone exposes Android’s Achilles Heel”
http://counternotions.com/2009/01/19/agora/

]]> By: Kogan Agora Delayed Until Further Notice - Specs, reviews and prices. http://www.mobilewhack.com/kogan-agora-android-phones-announced/#comment-14942 Kogan Agora Delayed Until Further Notice - Specs, reviews and prices. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:38:03 +0000 http://www.mobilewhack.com/?p=21389#comment-14942 [...] we thought this baby was going to be the second available Android handset out there. The Kogan Agora was supposed to arrive soon. People started pre-ordering the device [...] [...] we thought this baby was going to be the second available Android handset out there. The Kogan Agora was supposed to arrive soon. People started pre-ordering the device [...]

]]> By: Kogan Agora Is the Second Android Phone - Specs, reviews and prices. http://www.mobilewhack.com/kogan-agora-android-phones-announced/#comment-13890 Kogan Agora Is the Second Android Phone - Specs, reviews and prices. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:27:10 +0000 http://www.mobilewhack.com/?p=21389#comment-13890 [...] curios to see which handset will be the next one to run on Android then we have the answer for you. Kogan Agora is officially the second Android smartphone out there. The phone will be announced these following [...] [...] curios to see which handset will be the next one to run on Android then we have the answer for you. Kogan Agora is officially the second Android smartphone out there. The phone will be announced these following [...]

]]> By: David Mulder http://www.mobilewhack.com/kogan-agora-android-phones-announced/#comment-13151 David Mulder Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:10:21 +0000 http://www.mobilewhack.com/?p=21389#comment-13151 Just wanted to mention that these prices are incorrect. (as this page ranks up far too high currently for the term "kogan agora review") Just wanted to mention that these prices are incorrect. (as this page ranks up far too high currently for the term “kogan agora review”)

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