For a while I have been saying (blogging, speaking, tweeting) that we are in a smartphone boom. Yes its global recession but smart phones are hot properties today. If you asked 5 years back; where is the future growth? The answer would have been Internet, Notebooks etc. However today mobile market is growing faster than PC / notebooks or broadband itself. Mobile internet, smart phones and portables are hence booming.
Recently Google has really magnified its focus on mobile technologies and it certainly looks to tap a big share of the mobile market in near future. Apart from customizing its online services extensively for mobile handhelds, Google also has its own Open Source, mobile OS platform Android. Backed by multiple manufacturers and Google itself, Android has a bright future.
Recently an analyst predicted that in 2012 Android would outpace the Apple iPhone. While Apple is itself the fastest growing co. in the mobile market; Android outpacing iPhone signifies how fast things will move over the past few years for Android. Below are some features that makes Android so special:
Features:
- The open source platform
- All app revenues goes to developers (without any commission charged)
- Free for manufacturers; instead of developing their own OS or licensing something like Windows Mobile
- Future support for netbooks, PMP and other handhelds
- Quality Google services integrated
- Feature rich competitor to the iPhone
While manufacturers enjoy a free and reliable OS that’s up to date with competition, Google gets the users to use its services. The Android game has just begun, with almost a dozen Android devices to be out by year end; we are yet to smell the real potential of Android!
Following is a Guest post by Annkur P Agarwal, Editor – OnlyGizmos
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