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More End-to-End SiRFing

Yes, it's another end-to-end claim from SiRF, this time riding on the Android hype dropped weeks ago.  I thought SiRF's previous end-to-end announcement at their inaugural ecosystem event last Oct was strange, arriving like a hangover after the middleware party tried to rock the house years ago.  I mean, if you're a developer, what do you gain by using a proxy of other proxies to get a map on your SiRF-powered device, other than increased latency?  Why not just use an OpenLS API, web service, or any other XML or javascript derivative directly...  Is it better from a silicon company? 

The same goes for OMA-SUPL with this latest E2E PR.  What does SUPL have to do with Android, other than perhaps HTC or some other OHA member may ship SUPL-ready handsets with SiRF chips in them?  It has nothing to do with Google, that's for sure - they are embracing an Open Source approach to mobility - the antithesis of tired telecom standards coming out of the OMA.  Water and oil don't mix guys...

Posted on Tue, December 18, 2007 at 9:12AM by Registered CommenterJonathan Spinney in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment

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