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A little something extra…<\/h2>\n

Google has a tough row to hoe when it comes to beating the iPhone. What I’m excited about with the Nexus One <\/a> and Android phones is to put pressure on Apple and it’s telco buddies to be more open or, at least, give us some innovations that out-weigh the closed nature of the iPhone. If Apple doesn’t change<\/i>, beating them will be easy as Apple’s own history has shown. It’s also a weird time for Apple where people are wondering how much more longer Steve Jobs can run the shop – things don’t seem to go well when he’s gone, and I’m not sure there’s really a succession plan.<\/p>\n

Off all times to battle against Apple\/iPhone, this is the time to start, but it’ll be tough. As the lone subject in the informal smart phone usability “test” post from Peter-Paul Koch<\/a> below puts it: “Oh,” B. said, “so this is how a touchscreen is supposed to work.” And then: He concluded that he understood the iPhone hype fully now; all the praise was well deserved.<\/p>\n

Yup, it’d be like beating Google.com.<\/p>\n

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