Google is planning a strong move into the mobile, to the possible extent of creating a mobile operating system to challenge Symbian, Windows and so on — although a more likely scenario is a complete suite of products which run on a variety of OS’s. “But it will undoubtedly take on the companies behind those systems at the higher software levels where the battle for power is most crucial – the user interface, mobile browser and content frameworks” argues The Register. So while the Google system will likely support Java it will compete against Sun’s JavaFX Mobile. This would be a better way to go than creating an OS and trying to get it widely accepted — there are already plenty around and most carriers are seeking to minimize the number of different systems they support. The article suggests that the newly announced Google Gears will play a major part of Google’s mobile strategy, since being able to work effectively offline (the intention of Gears) is more important on mobile than on PCs.
Subscriber content
?
Subscriber content comes from Gigaom Research, bridging the gap between breaking news and long-tail research. Visit any of our reports to learn more and subscribe.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Comments have been disabled for this post