It wasn’t long ago when T-Mobile and Google shared a huge dream. They are coming with a smart phone that will allow users to create their own programs and even share them with others—something that iPhone cannot do to their subscribers. Sounds like a very good plan, isn’t it? The problem is geeks and non-geeks seem to be too cold about it.

A number of those who have read or heard the story are quite skeptical about the possibility of selling more than 500,000 units of such phones once it will be released in the market sometime in October. The look of the phone doesn’t create any kind of stir, unlike when Apple was still giving hints about their iPhone.

Reasons Why

It’s very important to cite what could be the reasons why Dream may not be what others may have been fantasizing about. First, you are very much aware that Google is a search engine and perhaps an online advertiser, but it never really had any business on providing any kind of program to a mobile phone. Though determining if they have succeeded in their endeavor or not once the phone is already launched, still, mobile users will be apprehensive on putting their trust on a novice.

Second, there seems to be really poor marketing strategy implemented that it’s not soliciting the kind of warm response iPhone got from mobile phone users. There are still a lot who don’t have the slightest idea about this plan or even the operating system that Google has come up with.

Third, T-Mobile is widely known for their coverage issue and the fact that there are not a lot of telecommunication carriers to choose from. It’s hardly possible that they can get AT&T considering that they already have a tie-up with Apple.

Lastly, there’s iPhone, which has millions of subscribers all over the world—and growing. They are locked into the phone for at least two years, and it’s more expensive to simply drop the plan and move on to seldom-heard-of Android.