Otaku Gadgets

Yes it is a run for the acquisition these days for the two big Giants of the tech world — Google and Apple. Both of a lot of great ideas and they both lack the patience and the opportunity to  sit down and develop on those ideas. So what they lack in time and resources, they make up in strategic acquisitions. This is not really a new practice in the business world but it is exciting to see how these two companies are thinking regarding their own and the industry’s future through these acquisitions, some of which can be very telling. This time, we talk about Google and their acquisition of ‘BumpTop Computers’.

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Here’s more news from the Intel side of the world. They have been holding their Developers Forum event in Beijing and took the opportunity to give the first live demoes of the MeeGo mobile OS. For those of you with poor memory, let me remind you that this is a joint venture between Nokia and Intel, which was announced at this year’s MWC (Mobile World Congress). Both companies dropped further development of their own mobile OS’ (Moblin and Maemo 5) and created a common platform instead.

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Google has been running completely rampant all over the tech industry of late. In their quest to bring everything you do on your computer online, they have released their latest creation – the Chrome OS. It is still in development but it is really amazing what they have done so far. And in the middle of all this, it is easy to momentarily forget about the lovable green robot – the Android.

If Chrome OS is the future of netbooks, smartbooks and then desktops, then Android is definitely the future of all but few smartphones. The Chrome OS might fail to deliver but Android has already taken a strong hold over the smartphone market in general and over the tech community to be specific. Everyone who understands what the Android is, sees limitless potential for innovative handheld devices. This is the only current platform that can fully compete with the sophistication of the iPhone – the phone that started it all. And it is an open platform, which means anyone can taker it up and innovate over it.

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You know, when in grade school you saw this cool thing the other kid had and you wanted one too? At that age, it is sometimes hard to accept that some kids’ parents can give them expensive things and your parents simply can’t. So you may be do some DIY thing and try to impress everyone with the results. But no one pays much attention to your handy work because what the other kid has is the real deal. I think Samsung has been feeling like the left out kid in terms of smartphones, which is why they have come up with their own mobile OS.

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