Google Continues to Roll On

It appears that Google’s Android platform is here to stay. With over 10,000 apps in the Android marketplace, Google is becoming increasingly popular with developers, especially as Apple continues to make the app submission process difficult for programmers. And with the newest Android phone from Verizon, aptly named the ‘Droid’, Google is looking to become the top mobile Operating System for smartphones.

John Biggs, from MobileCrunch gave this reasoning for Google’s growth in the mobile space, “The reasons have more to do with Google than any decision on the carriers’ part. In fact, according to a source close to the handset business, Google’s Android team directly assisted Motorola and Verizon in building the Droid’s software from the ground up and is currently assisting another, unknown, handset maker in Korea to create a finely-tuned hardware and software combination. Most important, however, is that this is sort of assistance most manufacturers do not receive and, in the end, they are dinged for running an “older” version of Android.”

So if you are into smartphones, it is most likely only a matter of time until Google becomes part of your daily experience.