The Polymorphic Android
January 3, 2009
PC World reported here that Matthaus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann of Mobile-facts.com have used Chrome and other bits and pieces of Google to build a desktop operating system. The article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reports that the two wizards (who appear to be cartoon characters) created an operating system in a very short time. for me, the most important comment in the article was:
Google, not just some technically adept users, is already thinking about using Android as a desktop operating system. Krzykowski and Hartmann don’t see Google making its desktop move very quickly though. They believe that Android-powered netbooks, thanks to Android’s already existing hardware partners in the Open Handset Alliance, could arrive as early as spring this year.
Check out the article. One observation: the Google telephony play including Android, Chrome, and the Google phone is old news. Google’s data management play which few are giving much credence is even more profound than Google’s various telco activities. To his credit, Mr. Vaughan-Nichols acknowledges that the GOOG has been operating in misdirection mode. Good point. The misdirection mode has been in play for a decade, however. Now some folks are noticing. Problem is. Might be too late.
Stephen Arnold, January 3, 2008
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I would say its the other way around as there has been MUCH more credence to Google’s wealth of user data than its mobile infringement.
,Michael Martin
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