"But we think they are in a good spot for a turnaround, " he explained, noting that the future of wireless devices, like Apple's iPhone and smartphones operating Google's Android OS, will require more bandwidth capacity, and that Sprint is positioned to deliver it.
Multitouch displays will be available in both resistive and capacitive flavors, with the 1, 366 x 768 resolution being filled by Google's snappy Android OS. Oh, and did we mention it will run Flash?
ENGADGET: ICD's Tegra 2-powered Gemini is the most feature-complete tablet we've seen yet
Samsung's Android-powered Galaxy Camera is a bit of a wild card, marrying Google's Android Jelly Bean OS with a 16-megapixel camera -- heck, it's even got a 4.8-inch 1, 280 x 720-pixel (308 ppi) touchscreen display.
Google, with the growing popularity of its Android mobile OS and the recent introduction of Google TV, packaged into electronics by technology companies like Logitech, is growing its reach to the point where it could perhaps mount a challenge to H.264 across all screens.
FORBES: Google Challenges Apple And Microsoft-Backed Video Technology
And research firm IDC recently bet that Windows Phone 7 would overtake the iPhones iOS in market share by 2015 to become the second most popular OS after Google Android.
That second mistake hints at what I think was the real error: by waiting so long to offer the iPhone on Verizon, the company essentially set the stage for the huge success to date of phones based on the Google (GOOG) Android OS .
If Google rolled their OS efforts behind Android, and worked on a solid desktop distribution for Android, how many manufacturers would be ready to make a switch beyond a single alternative OS machine in their portfolio?
FORBES: The Nightmare That Keeps Microsoft Awake... Android On The Desktop
On an OS basis, Google Android is now 64.1% of the market for smartphones, up from 43.4% a year ago.
FORBES: Q2 Mobile Phone Sales Fell 2.3% From Yr Ago, Gartner Says
Windows 7, Android, MeeGo and Google's upcoming OS will all work on the Intel platform.
Having a touchscreen doesn't mean that Google plans to integrate its mobile OS, Android, into the device.
Primetime is being showcased to broadcasters and media companies starting today and is expected to be available in 2012 with support for Windows, Mac OS, Apple iOS, Google Android, Samsung SmartTVs and other platforms.
BarCap's Gardiner says Vanjoki's replacement could consider moving Nokia towards embracing Google's Android, the mobile operating system (OS) that is growing at many times the speed of Nokia's own OS, Symbian.
One such product that Google is already thriving on is extensive adoption of its Android OS in smartphones.
Whether for real or for show, Google tried to make the world believe it would use Android OS as a bargaining chip during the company's terse, slow negotiations with China.
ENGADGET: Google says Android should 'flourish' in China, effectively concedes a point
In the immediate future, Firefox OS will be more of a challenge to Google Android.
The Android OS will continue to be popular and Google will continue to make seemingly notable announcements about how many Android devices are being activated.
FORBES: Weak Rivals Ensure Apple's Dominance For Another iPhone Generation
Funnily enough, even, we felt more comfortable using Android in a desktop setting than we did with Google Chrome OS, which was actually designed with PC form factors in mind.
ENGADGET: ASUS shows off a docking monitor built for the PadFone, we go hands-on (video)
On the mobile front, Google has bets both on its Android platform and the new Firefox OS, assuring an Apple-beating global share of users consuming its services on their devices.
While users do not always have the smooth (and prompted) path to the latest Android OS that is available to iOS users, Google and their partners have worked hard to contain the fragmentation issue.
FORBES: Android's Foundation is Built On A Bed Of Gingerbread and Ice Cream With Latest OS Numbers
Google will take the slow accumulation of advertising revenue per user that Android OS generates.
FORBES: Android's Downward Pricing Will Force Google's Advertising Vision On Every Manufacturer
Jelly Bean is the newest Android OS and offers advanced functionality and new features like Google Now that feeds relevant information to a device based on time and location.
ENGADGET: Verizon Galaxy Nexus finally lands Jelly Bean update
To put it plainly, Jelly Bean is the best version of Android Google has ever released, and on the Nexus 7, the OS feels tailored for this device.
The fact is, Google is preparing the marketplace for the Chrome OS for the web, an Android for our notebooks and netbooks.
FORBES: This Chrome app proves Mad Men did more than drink and ...
While you might not see Android 4.2 before Google moves on to the next letter in its OS alphabet, you can get Jelly Bean's Quick Settings feature via a new app from AntTek.
If Android is not free, Apple, Google and Microsoft will dominate the smart phone OS. The mobile OS licenses alone could create another Microsoft!
My guess is that Android will be a much more widely installed OS than iOS and thus I would guess that Android revenues for Google will overtake Apple ones.
FORBES: Google Makes More From iPhones Than it Does From Android
As nice as the Nexus One is -- and in my opinion it's the nicest Android device on the market -- it makes me wonder what Google's up to with Android and why it's even in the mobile OS business, let alone selling phones directly to consumers.
ENGADGET: Entelligence: 'Don't be evil' isn't the basis for a relationship
Where the Desire S differs from the Incredible S is, firstly, in the underlying Android OS, which tastes of Gingerbread (2.3.3), Google's latest mobile flavor.
Virtually everyone, in one way or another is tied to Google and its array of apps, which is why I think Android-based devices will win the OS and smartphone war.
Given that Apple and Google offer more apps to developers and that iOS and Android together account for about 90 percent of the global mobile OS market, Heins will need to come up with better numbers to make his criticism of Apple stick.
FORBES: BlackBerry Chief Heins Says Apple iPhone 'Old,' No Longer Innovative
应用推荐