Android Apathy Could Turn to Google Ass Kissing All While LiMo Grows

Last week at the Mobile Web Wars Roundtable a question was raised about why bother talking about Android as nobody cares, but this was turned on its head as it was predicted this same person would be kissing Google’s ass once it comes out….all while LiMo is building its membership.

LiMo announced that its open-source mobile consortium has increased its membership to over 50 partners by adding 11 new companies Cellon, Esmertec, Freescale Semiconductor, Longcheer Holdings, MIZI Research, Movial, PacketVideo, SK Innoace, Telecom Italia, VirtualLogix, and ZTE.

Plus LiMo announced that 50% more mobile handsets are using its software being that seven new phones are shipping now from NEC, Panasonic, and Motorola with the superb photo quality picture phone the MOTOZINE ZN5.

The fact that LiMo, Symbian, & Apple already have mobile phones out there using their software while Android is still being developed led to Pandora’s CTO Tony Conrad stating, “I need Android like I need a hole in the head.”

Michael Arrington quickly and I think embracing his inner Nostradamus, although not quite in a quatrain format, stated, “As soon as it launches you are going to be kissing Google’s ass and launching on their platform…We are going to put your face next to that quote when you launch your Android app.”

The video below shows this conversation from the Mobile Web Wars Roundtable which was setup by Eric Schonfeld of TechCrunch as an open discussion about, if not now, when the mobile Web arrives and which platform will dominate the space.