Android Netbooks Will Boost The Mobile Web
As yet the mobile web has been growing strongly based on only a very limited use of the functionalities that will be available. In addition the price gouging policies of the Canadian telecoms for broadband services has throttled the mobile Web growth in Canada, relative to the rest of the world.
Without too much fanfare, the increased functionality for mobile devices that will be possible is moving on to the radar screen of the movers and shakers. The efforts of the Open Handset Alliance is particularly important here. Rich Miner, Google’s Group Manager for Mobile Platforms, says no one party should control the future of the mobile platform. All must work together in concert.
Now we have an example of what will be possible with Mobile devices with experts testing Android, the Google mobile operating system, on Netbooks. (Tip of the hat to Lee Messenger, Cre8asite Tech News Reporter, who spotted an article suggesting Android Netbooks coming, but more likely in 2010.
The fact that various OHA partners have already developed Android enough to easily work on our netbook may be considered evidence enough that Google is getting increasing buy-in from industry players to realize this vision.
Android already has two product “policies” in its code. Product policies are operating system directions aimed at specific uses. The two policies are for 1) phones and 2) mobile internet devices, or MID for short. MID is Intel’s name for ‘mobile internet devices,’ which include devices like the Asus netbook we got Android running on.
Once the full functionality of the Mobile Web is available on mobile devices such as Netbooks, it may be expected that market growth will accelerate rapidly.
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January 11th, 2009 at 12:36 am
I can’t wait for the Mobile Web to be available, as it will make my web surfing becoming easier…
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:05 am
New mobile phone OS from people with a web and internet background (apple and google) have changed the way people looked at mobile browsers. Earlier Opera used to be the only ‘decent’ browser on mobiles, but now most of them have wi-fi, thus making the mobile devices usable.
Windows CE could have done this years ago if only it was implemented correctly
January 26th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Although i am very interested in the internet and its development,
I am scared the way things are going with the mobile Internet.
I think it´s a threat to people´s happiness and a way to addict them to something which is not the most important in life.
I think as soon as this technology will be put in everybody´s, substantial changes in the societies might appear,
To debate!
January 26th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
There is a good side as well as bad side to everything new introduced in our lives. I don’t like to receive pesky calls on my mobile at night (or even in day) and can be glued to the mobile screen checking mails for a long periods, at the same time it has helped me be in touch with my office in crisis situation many times.
A prompt reply to an email never fails to impress a prospective client
January 27th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I agree that we need to try to smash the monopolies of the old skool telecoms. I want internet access on my phone!! and I don’t want to pay $80/month. Seriously… some big changes need to happen before the revolution can really begin.
February 11th, 2009 at 5:00 am
I think there will be a bigger market for internet tablets and full featured mobile phones. The “netbook” of today will become a full featured laptop, just more compact.
March 29th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
One of the best things about the mobile internet is that people are becoming more open to OS’s other than Windows. With one benefit of netbooks being the cheapness, people are seeing that for £30 less they can get Linux, and finding it’s better than windows
And sales of netbooks looks set to go crazy this year in the UK
John from cheap netbooks.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
It would be a great move from google to get the android OS running on netbooks or MID’s, all in all it will increase their chances to sell MID apps, and really develop the premier mobile web app store… soon it no long be PC vs Mac, it will be Google vs. Apple.
I have heard rumor of apple moving in a MID direction, when people found codes of an iProd in the iPhone OS 3.0 beta… It will be exciting to see what happens, and what comes from this.
April 25th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Looks like Netbooks will open things up for alternatives in OS. Windows 7 in ’starter” version is going to be interesting move.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Wow it will really make the internet browsing easier,