Eric Schmidt -- 200,000 Android devices sold each day

[zoiks]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20012725-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

LAKE TAHOE, Calif.--Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday that Google believes that some 200,000 new Android devices are being sold each day, leading to significant revenue in the form of increased mobile search traffic.

"People are finally beginning to figure out how successful Android is," Schmidt said, pointing to recent studies showing the growth of the mobile operating system outpacing even the popular iPhone.

Schmidt
(Credit: file photo by James Martin/CNET)

"The number was about 100,000 (a day) about two months ago," Schmidt said. "It looks like Android is not just phenomenal but incredibly phenomenal in its growth rate. God knows how long that will continue."

Even though Google doesn't get revenue from Android itself, Schmidt said Google loves the success of Android because it means more people have phones capable of doing lots of Web searches for which it does get paid.

"Trust me that revenue is large enough to pay for all of Android's activities and a whole bunch more," he said. "I should also say that we love the success of the iPhone because the iPhone also uses Google's search and we get a chunk of that revenue when people search on the iPhone."

As for Chrome OS, Schmidt said that Android's success hasn't caused the company to rethink its dual-OS strategy.

"Maybe we can get the same success out of Chrome OS," he said. "Chrome OS is targeted at a different part of the market."

Chrome OS, Schmidt said is focused on selling Netbook-class computers to early believers in cloud-based storage. The first devices, which he reiterated will come this year, will use either Intel or ARM chips, have a keyboard and won't have local storage beyond that needed to cache data.

"People who believe in cloud computing, believe in the benefits of Web computing and who are Chrome users will be the target market," he said. "It's probably a large market."

That said, Schmidt acknowledged it is a bit more of a departure from what's on the market.

"I think it is improper to be skeptical of Android and I think it is proper to be skeptical of Chrome OS," he said.

Schmidt's comments on Android and Chrome OS were part of a 40-minute question-and-answer session with reporters and followed comments on a rumored Net neutrality pact with Verizon as well as his thoughts on the demise of Google Wave, announced earlier on Wednesday.

 

[zerocool84]

Even though Google doesn't get revenue from Android itself, Schmidt said Google loves the success of Android because it means more people have phones capable of doing lots of Web searches for which it does get paid.

Since certain people seem to forget how Google makes money off Android even though we're talked about it in like 5 other threads, here it is again straight from the horse's mouth.

Also:

"I should also say that we love the success of the iPhone because the iPhone also uses Google's search and we get a chunk of that revenue when people search on the iPhone."

 

[theeedude]

It's Mountain View vs Cupertino, and I am in Sunnyvale stuck between a rock and a hard place
Google is in a good position long term, not relying on success of any one device or OS. Apple needs to keep hitting home runs, but they also have the money to bat with. Both are in powerful positions.
It is exciting time for technology, for a while we were led to believe it's all about the Dell commodity model, everyone is building same stuff, it's who can build it the cheapest. Now it's all about the product again. There is differentiation and lots of experimentation. People want to build something cool and get it out there. Mediocrity is frowned upon and savaged in the blogosphere. Eventually we'll reach a maturation and plateau, but for now it's breathtaking how fast things are moving in consumer space.

 

[sciwizam]

http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/android-activations/

Video of Schmidt (low volume though)