Essentially, the project is dying because Qualcomm couldn’t get a single Android manufacturer to add satellite messaging to a phone. Qualcomm’s satellite solution didn’t require much in the way of new hardware, so the rejection was apparently due to Qualcomm’s design of the feature and (presumably) any tack-on fees it was adding to the bill of materials.
This is the biggest bummer of being an android fan. The numbers don’t lie: most Android devices are budget-friendly. The high end market is dominated by Apple, and as such, so is innovation in hardware.
This was a problem with Mac vs PC and it is with iPhone vs Android. I don’t get it then, and I don’t now.
This is the biggest bummer of being an android fan. The numbers don’t lie: most Android devices are budget-friendly. The high end market is dominated by Apple, and as such, so is innovation in hardware.
This was a problem with Mac vs PC and it is with iPhone vs Android. I don’t get it then, and I don’t now.
To ensure uptake, they could have tacked on a fee for not implementing it. Those funds could then subsidize the phones that do.