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One of the reasons of its perceived failure is the lack of support from the media (this article is one that exhibits such). Although one can argue that media should be independent and unbiased (although this does not seem to apply to everything that begins with a lower case "i" as the media's infatuation with Apple as one would reasonably believe), Google's aim to break the carriers' lock on handsets is admirable and, one can say, even worthy of promotion. Case in point: the iPhone is available in England on all 5 carriers (subsidized and locked), but you can also buy it from the Apple Store unsubsidized but unlocked). Google was trying to go for the same thing, but the carriers and the mass market did not support them. Granted, they "did not market it right," or that they did not make it available enough (and easily), but it still lacked the necessary consumer awareness that mass media could have easily afforded it (the effort, not the phone nor Google itself). Now I can't help but think that this article is an example of Scahdenfreude. Go ahead, rub it in. After all, we're all better off that Google was not able to break the carriers' hold on our smartphones, right?

By the way, it is rather curious that Weblogs, Inc. has a blog called "TUAW," or "The Unofficial Apple Weblog," isn't it?