Google's early Android expectations revealed in 2010 presentation

Posted in: Mobile & Wireless at 27/04/2012 17:19

An internal presentation given in 2010 by Google's Android boss Andy Rubin has provided some fascinating details on the company's expectations for its smartphone and tablet OS.

The "quarterly review" deck has emerged as part of Google's patent and copyright infringement trial against Oracle, published in full on technology site The Verge.

While Google tends to stick to device activations and total app downloads when providing public updates on the growth of Android, the presentation shows its hopes for revenues back in 2010, and where the company expected them to come from.

To read this report in The Guardian in full, see:
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2012/apr/26/google-android-expectations

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