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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