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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Google, for portable telephone platform to proper form announcement

As for the United States Google November 5th (the American time), for the portable telephone it is the prospect that the platform in order to draw up application is announced formally. After combining Google, you refrained from comment concerning the advance to the portable telephone field which was rumored. Is, but according to information muscle, as for the same company November 3rd? Extending through the 4th, November 5th 11 o'clock in the morning (the American Eastern Standard Time, Japanese time 6th 1 o'clock in the morning) announces the details of plan you say that the portable telephone enterprise, the portable telephone terminal vendor, the software vendor and the hardware vendor and others it negotiates lastly.

According to information muscle, as for Google announcing you say that it is the Mobile application development platform of the open source. The user interface whose OS, API (Application Programming Interface) set, the middleware layer and customization for application development are possible, for the portable telephone it is the schedule where the browser is included in the component of the same platform. In addition, you say that also standard instant (IM) protocol is supported.

Furthermore it is the prospect that, the same platform is released, being free, other than the common basic part alteration and expansion is possible.

In addition according to other information muscle, you say that major partner enterprise of 30 or more, has supported the plan of Google. In that Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, NVIDIA, sprint , T Mobile, China Mobile (China), (Spain) and NTT (Japan), the LG electron (Korea) and the high-tech computer (Taiwan) and the like is included. Furthermore, at this manuscript writing point in time as for the enterprise of Nokia, Verizon and Apple etc. support is not stated.

It is to make the technological innovation of portable telephone field promote by the fact that Google as for the purpose which the same platform release is done, simplifies the development of the Mobile application which corresponds to the portable telephone terminal, makes development cost decrease. The same platform is not wrong, as for such as Microsoft becoming the powerful rival of the existing Mobile platform and Symbian.

In addition if the number of users which utilize the online service of Google from the portable telephone terminal and the like expands, it means that also announcement earnings of the same company increase.

As for market scale of present Mobile announcement although it is small, in the future the same market is expected in several years that it grows suddenly. According to the findings from which the American opus research last week announces, as for the Mobile announcement expenditure amount which adjusts North America and the European west, as for 2007 although 1 hundred million 680 ten thousand dollars it is estimated, to 2012 you say that it is the prospect that it expands to 50 hundred million 8,000 ten thousand dollars.

"If function of the Mobile terminal is complete, that, you analyze opus research as for the user the time when Internet is utilized from the portable telephone will increase, probably will be connected to the enlargement of the Mobile announcement market as a result".

Not only Google, AOL and Yahoo! The major online service vendor of Microsoft and the like in order that it corresponds to the portable telephone terminal all together, has improved the Web sight and Web application positively.

In addition for the portable telephone by the fact that the platform is offered, Google may come to the point of competing with Apple which so far is in relationship of friendship.

The United States Apple has announced that October 17th, software development kit (SDK) of music player "iPod touch" business of smart phone "iPhone" of the same company and Wi-Fi loading, is released to the third party vendor. The release of SDK is the prospect that it is 2008 February (related article).

If Apple is not included in the partner list which is announced on November 5th, Google entering into the portable telephone market in earnest it probably will be possible to think Apple that you have not welcomed. So if it becomes, the relationship of future Apple between Google becomes interesting ones. Because because CEO Schmidt of Google has served the member of Apple board of directors.

The component of the platform of Google as for release being done, being quick, is the prospect in 2008 middle. According to information muscle, sooner or later you say that there is also a possibility the portable telephone of the Google brand appearing.

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