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DaveP1	2009-11-12 , 15:58
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Originally Posted by cb474

Yes, this is why I think Google/Android is the one to beat. Google whole business is built around highly integrated, well designed, web based apps and services. Add to that Chrome and Android, and giving the platform away for free, and it just hard to see others keeping up. Google has such a huge head start.

I think you are right for this year. However, as processor power increases it becomes more and more feasible to run full browsers on a smartphone. At that point, it could become a Safari vs. Chrome vs. Firefox battle. The first smartphone that can implement this will take the lead (and I have high hopes for the N1000/Maemo 6 platform).

Still, Google doesn't care. As long as the smartphones are ending up at a Google web app, they make their advertising money. Android is just a strategy to force the smartphone market to make working in the cloud an expected feature of all smartphones.

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