If you like Android and want the virtual wallet-type services that Passbook offers, you will probably buy a Samsung product.

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By later this year, however, Android will be inside various tablet-type computers.

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That has opened the floodgates for startups like SwiftKey, which builds a predictive Android keyboard that tries to anticipate what a user is trying to type, and Snapkeys, a futuristic-style keyboard that consists of only four keys, to remake the keyboard on Android smartphones.

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This new type of tablet, the GamePad, combines gaming controls with Android for a full tablet and gaming experience in one.

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Apple set the bar for consumer tablets but so far has really missed the boat when it comes to providing corporate-type applications and services, leaving a solid opening for the RIM tablet and giving those using Android and Windows 7 the opportunity to build devices that will appeal to the business market as well as consumers.

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The software interface for Glass is a type of web app called the Mirror API, and not a full-blown operating system like Android.

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