Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Google's ANDROID Demo !


Click on the below Youtube Link and check out Google's recent Demo of ANDROID (5/28/08)...Quick first impressions --> I'm def digging the web page 'MAGNIFIER' (double-click on the screen and you get a magnifying glass that you can drag over any portion of any Web page) + the 'street view' built-in compass:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOSk9TW7z-4

* Android is not a phone...its a mobile operating system, or platform, for cell phones and other mobile/wireless devices...Google (GOOG) is developing the system and giving it away to cell phone manufacturers in return for allowing Google to place advertisements in Android mobile programs.

* The final decision on included features for the mobile os would be made by the cell-phone manufacturers -- not the creator of the operating system (GOOGLE). That's the exact opposite of mobile business plans used by Research In Motion (RIMM) with BlackBerry, Microsoft w/ Windows Mobile and Apple (AAPL) with OS X.

Full Disclosure: I own shares of GOOG and AAPL.