Google's Master Plan

It’s becoming prett clear that mobile devices will be what effectively finishes off Microsoft. The Redmond giant now finds itself on the wrong end of a mobile revolution. None of the hotest devices (iPhone, GPhone, or Blackberry) use Microsoft’s mobile platform.

The kind of people who like to flash their cell phones around like jewlry turn up their noses at anything that runs Windows. After all, Windows is sooooo 90s.

We are just one great device away from true mobile convergence. Think of an iPhone that, when dropped into a docking cradle on your desk instantly fires up a mouse, monitor and keyboard and becomes a fully functional desktop.

That one device instantly converges your cell phone, laptop, desk phone, and with the right data plan, your internet provider as well. You won’t need multiple devices and it won’t run Windows.

Here is a Linux Journal article on the topic.