rajivatre - 8:23 pm on Dec 27, 2009 (gmt 0)

Hi Guys,
In this discussion we are simply forgetting the developing world of india and china. Where iphones are not real hit due to their cost in the local market. (approx US$ 800-1000 which is not affordable to most of the people. In india average person buys a phone which cost him around US$200.)
Also in both 2 countries piracy is the biggest concern, even for MS. So I feel these 2 countries will lead the way to develop many applications for open source handset OS. Let it be android or anything else. Also the number of users in these countries are huge and price sensitive and they will be the first to buy cheaper phones with open source OS and only the required softwares will be purchased or these phones will be again adverts supported, depending on the user preferences.

I just googled for android phone in india and found out that it costs around US$650, so I suppose it will still take some time for it to become popular.

Thats my 2 cents.
Rajiv