These days there is a new arena: "manual" devices.
The storm began with an Apple iPad and is now adopted as a new “next big thing.”
Handheld devices are computers that can be transported by hand and accompanied by a person through your day. He tries to connect to the Internet when there is a hot spot. Holding a computer in your hand allows people to:
a. Use it as a cell phone.
b. Connect and browse the Internet.
from. Contact with e-mail.
e. Use a diary. The ability to publish your content and share diaries.
e. Keep audio and video conferencing when traveling.
e. Read e-books.
Editing and writing documents.
hour Search based on location.
I. Play games.
Basically, this is a minimized desktop computer: size, weight, and mobile. This allows its owner to be more efficient during downtime (when traveling or moving away from his desk).
Two giants: Google and Microsoft are preparing for a head-to-head collision in this arena.
When they gather their armies, Nokia announced that it is coming from Microsoft. Other software and hardware vendors must choose a side in this war and make sure they make a clear decision. The result of this competition is very important for domination or on the computer / internet arena.
Here is a brief overview of the difference between giants:
- Browser:
Microsoft ships mature Internet explorer. Google delivers a young chrome browser. While Internet Explorer is becoming gigantic and heavy. Google claims that their browser is faster. Chrome browser does not develop in several versions, but comes as a mature and lightweight first version. - Search engine:
Microsoft is supplying Bing with a somewhat new search engine. Google supplies its own search engine Google. Advertising in search results gives Google its amazing income. Recently, Google has become too greedy in the amount of ads appearing in search results. This may give Bing some momentum. - Editing:
Microsoft supplies computer "office" package. Google offers Google Docs, which are cloud services. Google has received a significant number of users. Google Docs allows sharing and making files available and accessible over the web. - Working environment:
Microsoft is delivering a small network section called “Workgroup.” Google provides a larger “cloud network” that allows document sharing on a large scale. - Operating system:
Microsoft delivers Win phone 7. Google delivers a new operating system: Android. - Language development in use:
Microsoft uses c #. Google uses C ++. - Code base:
Microsoft delivers proprietary open API technology. Google relies on open source code. - Presented libraries:
Microsoft supplies DLLs (which are called at runtime. Missing DLL files lead to the phrase "DLL-hell"). Google provides libraries of static links. (Which are included in the compile reference time and do not rely on the existence of a special environment on the target computer). - Communication Protocol:
Microsoft relies on SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). Google relies on the XMPP and Jingle protocol.
Google’s entry into the document editing arena is a big threat for Microsoft, which gets a lot of revenue from its Office suite. This in itself can be viewed as a military declaration by Google. We see that the project started just 11 years ago, and it became a giant that could threaten Microsoft.
Microsoft at its end is not sitting idle. Microsoft launched its own updated search engine to compete with Google in the arena of search engines and a commission for publishing ads. Google has become a bit greedy for laTelly and has overloaded the search results with ads. It becomes annoying and open to Microsoft Bing, which will be used by other users.
The next big war will be ahead of the hand-operated devices. Both companies spend a huge amount of resources on this arena. Vendors have a temped open API, sample code, and tutorials to get them to choose a side. Apple, which in many ways opened its devices with iPad and iPhone, is not a participant in the war and has remained as a niche provider. Apple introduced to the developers something "close" environment. But some of them were able to develop “applications” on their device and sell them through the “Apple store”. This is a way that vendors can earn money on their programs, which is also a difficult problem these days.
The quantity and quality of “applications” for handheld devices will be a big factor in winning the market. It is for this reason that Google and Microsoft come to the development of vendors.
Both companies and suppliers are looking for the next Killer application, an application that eliminates a hidden need in the market. Such an application can deliver wealth to its manufacturer.
Time will tell us which company will win this battle, and which operating system will be widely accepted. Therefore, making the right decision can be serious for companies and suppliers who want to work in this area.
We need to see how the great war will be and who will win.
Personally, I bet for Google. Their tools are more “free” and open source, and they have more revenue than Microsoft. The open source strategy will attract a community of developers of Internet technologies, receiving contributions from thousands of people.
