Source: Uberpulse With its SDK for iPhone, Apple finds itself in competition with Google and its draft Android, the operating system that the company would like to set as the standard for mobile phones.
Apple won the first round with the 100000 downloads of the SDK, in 4 days against 750000 in more than 3 months for Google.
But Google does not believe that the iPhone will upstage its project. At eComm, Rich Miner, who is in charge Android at Google, is not convinced and criticized the position of Apple and its SDK:
-- Android will be adaptable to all types of phones, not limited to high-end.
-- Unlike the SDK of the iPhone, Android can create applications running in the background, while Apple only allows single tasking.
-- Android is Open Source Apple lock its system.
He heavily emphasized the latter point, saying that Google could not control its system because of it is open as opposed to Apple.
Of course, it is still too soon to know whether there will be a war between the two systems. Currently the only battle is to attract the best developers. For the rest of us, this possible war will look like the one between Apple and Microsoft, Apple playing its role by providing equipment and system, and on the other side, Google defining the OS and letting manufacturers of mobile make it all work .
Note that Microsoft is going to have to make a major effort to make sure Windows Mobile is not forgotten with the renewed competition.
[translation by jeremy]
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