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About The Open Gardens Blog

I (Ajit) founded the blog on May 26, 2005 based on my vision and philosophy of OpenGardens i.e. the philosophical opposite of 'walled gardens' especially as applicable to the mobile data industry.

Today, the OpenGardens blog is one of the few blogs that span both the Web and the Mobile domains.

The blog covers wireless/mobile applications, open networks and mobile web 2.0. My vision behind the OpenGardens blog has been :

  • The blog is about the Mobile data industry and Digital convergence('Mobile web 2.0')
  • Analysis is more important than story/controversy. I don't believe that bloggers are true journalists. The blog is not about the latest 'story' but it's more about independent analysis/viewpoint
  • The OpenGardens blog is broadly about opening up the networks, growing digital usage and digital businesses i.e. we don't advocate closed networks, broadcast media etc
  • It is about disruptive digital technologies

Founder and Chief blogger : Ajit Jaokar

Ajit Jaokar is the founder of the London based publishing and research company futuretext (www.futuretext.com) focussed on emerging Web and Mobile technologies -including Web 2.0 and Mobile Web 2.0.

His thinking is widely followed in the industry and his blog, the OpenGardensBlog (www.opengardensblog.futuretext.com), which was recently rated a top 20 wireless blog worldwide

In 2009-2010, Ajit was nominated as part of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet by the world economic forum. He hopes to use this opportunity to further extend the pragmatic viewpoint of the evolution of Telecoms networks in an open ecosystem.

(Note: The Network of Global Agenda Councils plays a significant role in shaping the global agenda by monitoring global issues and elaborating recommendations to address them. Each Council, comprised of 15-20 Members, serves as an advisory board to the Forum and other interested parties, such as governments and international organizations. The Global Agenda Councils also act as the intellectual drivers of the World Economic Forum's Global Redesign Initiative, an unprecedented international, multistakeholder and multimedia dialogue that aims to develop a 21st-century vision of global cooperation. Members of the G20, the UN and other International Organizations have pledged their support for this initiative. )

Ajit is best known for his books Mobile Web 2.0, Social Media Marketing. Two new books ('Open Mobile' and 'Implementing Mobile Web 2.0') are being released in 2009.

His consulting activities include working with companies to define value propositions across the device, network, Web and Social networking stack spanning both technology and strategy. He has worked with a range of commercial and government organizations globally including The European Union, Telecoms Operators, Device manufacturers, social networking companies and security companies in various strategic and visionary roles

His recent talks and forthcoming talks include: CEBIT 2009;MobileWorld Congress(2007, 2008, 2009); Keynote at O Reilly Web20 expo (April 2007);Keynote at Java One; European Parliament – Brussels – (Electronic Internet Foundation); Stanford University's Digital visions program;MIT Sloan;Fraunhofer FOKUS ; University of St. Gallen (Switzerland); Mobile Web Strategies (partner event of CTIA in San Francisco)

Media appearances include BBC – Newsnight – 3phone launch; CNN money; BBC digital planet

Ajit chairs Oxford University's Next generation mobile applications panel and conducts a course on Web 2.0, Social networking, Mobile Web 2.0 and LTE services at Oxford University.

Ajit lives in London, UK, but has three nationalities (British, Indian and New Zealander) and is proud of all three. He is currently doing a PhD on Privacy and Reputation systems at UCL in London. Ajit is a fan of animation especially Tom and Jerry, Tintin and Asterix and likes the music of ZZ Top and other rock bands

You can contact me at ajit.jaokar at futuretext.com

You can follow me on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/AjitJaokar

See a video of my talk at CEBIT in Hannover
(intro in german - presenttion in english)

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December 13, 2009

Nexus One: Is Google taking the mobile data industry to be beta testers?

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Dont get me wrong .. I am fan of Google and Android and Open source and now even the proposed Google phone since it is good for the customer.

The question for me is: Google seems to have taken the other handset vendors and Operators as beta testers.

Now, suddenly we see a very unique version of Android for the Google phone.

Same happened with Droid as well i.e. Droid had Google written all over it. And surely that has to come at the expense of other handset makers supporting Android?

While I can sympathise with Google and their desire to create a totally special experience, it is hard to take their statements on face value. Yes, there is the technicality that HTC(and not Google) is actually building the handset, but the intent is very clear. This is the Google phone ..

The only way this can work is – if the phone is completely radical(example based on VOIP/ Gizmo5 type functionality) which wont compete with existing handset vendors.

Else, it is hard to see why handset vendors will trust Google again!

Having said that, competition and innovation is good for the industry .. especially coming from Google but it is time for Google to be truly innovative especially if they appear to be pi**ing off their partners ..

By that I mean, an incremental effort wont work.

There is a good reason that we have only five major handset vendors .. Its a hard business and capital intensive ..

Should be interesting to watch ..

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3 Comments »

  1. I really doubt this is a Google phone. I believe this is Google refining the base UI and user experience for a future Android version. The hardware is certainly HTC and I’d find it very surprising if they were to tip the Apple (sic) cart at such a sensitive point.

    Comment by Sena Gbeckor-Kove — December 13, 2009 @ 11:42 pm

  2. Google is moving down in the stack to challenge B2C opponents with an open architecture and new sets of standards. In creating a post-revenue business model, Google can only manage success if consumers accept a co-branding and outsourced manufactured device … NQ Logic recommends reading the rest of the new Google’s mobile strategy at http://www.nqlogic.com

    Comment by NQ Logic — December 14, 2009 @ 3:36 am

  3. We hadden toch de G1 en G2 al van Google. Is iedereen dat vergeten?

    Comment by P. Puck — December 14, 2009 @ 6:10 am

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