Let freedom ring

“The over-arching message is really that Android is giving power back to the telcos,” said Telsyte mobile analyst Foad Fadaghi.> > > > > “It’s giving them the opportunity to operate the way that they used to operate before the iPhone came around. Telcos want to own the customer, they want to have a greater slice of the value chain, they want to have their own app stores, and they don’t want to be locked into the Apple way of doing things. That’s why you’re seeing the massive push from all of the carriers.”

via theage.com.au

This astonishingly frank analyst quote comes buried in an otherwise-dull article about the HTC Desire HD coming to Australia.

Apple sees their customers as iPhone users. Every other mobile phone manufacturer sees the mobile networks as their customers. That’s one of the fundamental differences that dictates how these products work.