by Susan Graham at Saturday, October 03, 2009 in Operating Systems
Tags: Google Android, operating system, PC
Google Android
Google Android will not replace Windows as the operating system for your PC, but it may become the operating system for your next portable computer. Right now, you may test drive Google Android on your PC, and you may download programming tools to begin developing your own applications. Verizon and AT&T are already advertising small netbooks; four other major hardware manufacturers will introduce Adroid-powered netbooks early in 2010.
Your cell phone has evolved into a handheld computer
Photo by techfever
Although you still refer to the device as your cell “phone,” you hardly ever use it for simple conversation. Instead, you send text messages, get directions, play games, and check the links with your Facebook and Twitter. Your cell has evolved into a powerful handheld computer with more ROM and RAM than your desktop unit had just a few years ago. Until recently, Apple’s revolutionary iPhone owned the market, facing very little serious competition. Blackberry dominated the business market but accounted for only 15% of United States market share. At the end of October, 2009, however, Verizon and T-Mobile introduced the American market to new phones built on the Google Android operating system. The Motorola Cliq and similar Google Android units raised the stakes in the rapidly expanding, now fiercely competitive 3G market.