Strategy Analytics recently predicted Android Smartphone sales to increase by 900% in 2009. Putting aside the fact that 900% of a small number if still a small number, but the reality is that Android has some real advantages when thinking about the 4G opportunity and Digital Swarms.
First, it is a free OS so it supports the economics for a wide range of devices including small, low cost electronics like cameras, small appliances, and nav devices. Second, it is designed from the cloud perspective without the heavy processing burden of more PC-centric operating systems, so once again, it does not become a heavy tax on the devices it supports. Lastly, it has an open API for development which should spur innovative apps across a range of new devices that will connect across different networks (3G, WiMax, LTE, WiFi), not just a single network like many devices are restricted to currently.
So while Android still has a large gap to close on the likes of Apple, RIM, MS, and Symbian, it may have an advantage by starting with a fresh sheet of paper.
First, it is a free OS so it supports the economics for a wide range of devices including small, low cost electronics like cameras, small appliances, and nav devices. Second, it is designed from the cloud perspective without the heavy processing burden of more PC-centric operating systems, so once again, it does not become a heavy tax on the devices it supports. Lastly, it has an open API for development which should spur innovative apps across a range of new devices that will connect across different networks (3G, WiMax, LTE, WiFi), not just a single network like many devices are restricted to currently.
So while Android still has a large gap to close on the likes of Apple, RIM, MS, and Symbian, it may have an advantage by starting with a fresh sheet of paper.
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