There have been rumors about Google's grand entry into the mobile market for months. Some were expecting a Google-branded mobile phone, the gPhone, but it turned out to be a open source-based mobile application platform that should be available on various mobile (smart)phones from e.g. Motorola, Samsung, HTC and LG by mid-2008. Actually, Google will not just deliver the platform called Android but it will also its application suite (Google Maps, search, Gmail, calendar, chat, ...) to that mobile platform to conquer the mobile market. Because Android is an acquisition that Google made in 2005, it is interesting to look at the acquisitions that Google made since then but also the patents that Google has submitted. On the acquisition front, take a look at what Google can do with Jaiku, the Twitter-like microblogging and social networking tool, or the mobile social network Zingku. The acquisition of Grand Central has gone a little bit unnoticed by the analysts, but may turn out to be extremely important for Google's Gmail and Gtalk success). On the patent side, the text message micro-payment solution could turn out to be the most interesting of all.
While the Android platform announcement was a bit of an anti-climax for some analysts who had expected to see a real mobile device running Google's killer applications, we think this is a very significant move in Google's Web domination campaign. However, a few questions and issues remain unanswered:
Will definitely be continued ...
Posted by admin at November 26, 2007 04:48 PM