Google might have its own Android Market app store, but according to top brass inside the Big G the web will be where punters go for new apps on their mobile. So what does this bombshell mean for Nokia and Apple? Keep reading to find out.
Google’s Vic Gundotra doesn’t mince his words. At the MobileBeat conference over in San Francisco, the firm’s vice president of engineering claimed that the web was already the number one place for mobile apps. “We believe the web has won and over the next several years, the browser, for economic reasons almost, will become the platform that matters and certainly that’s where Google is investing.”
Those economic reasons are pretty simple. It costs more to maintain apps across different platforms, whether its Apple’s App store or Nokia’s Ovi store. Doing it all on the web, though, just doesn’t cost as much.
Google is bound to come out with this argument as it looks to push the case for Chrome OS and a rejigged Google Docs. But the rampant success of Apple’s App Store may mean such web–based moves won’t start dominating for a few years yet.
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Totally agree with your article Joe. I think Google is being a bit optimistic about the web being where people go for apps. The apple iPhone app store has certainly proved itself as the current forerunner in this area, and the Android marketplace seems to be closing in on apple fast!
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