In the world of Smartphones I really love to see the redundancy in applications. Smartphones; there’s basically 3-4 competing operating systems for the Smartphone, and what’s fascinating about it’s the fact that developers are having to write the same code over and over just to put it on each phone.

It’s the PC world all over again, but now in the world of Smartphones.

People are making comparisons on which Smartphone operating system is the best, which one is better, but the fact is- it doesn’t matter everyone is using the same applications.

The applications are the thing that are making the phones attractive in the first place. The applications are in the position to make or break the success of the Smartphone.

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I was reading a article last week about the hurdles of having to type in words in to smartphones; yes, I think we all understand how much of a hassle it is to have to find those little keys and type those long words and attempt to make sense from the LOL and the ROTFL acronyms.

But I think there some side effects to this that I think no one is actually contemplating.

The technology they’re using/creating is basically and new language. A new lettering system, I new way of writing. A new alphabet if you will…

It’s not hard to put together the pieces of information that will help you understand what I’m trying to say. I’m not trying to say that there’s anything bad with the technology, but I wonder if technology like this will become more mainstream; not just on entering information- but reading it … as gestures.

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I was browsing through my local circles and saw this article form TechCrunch and it gave me pause, sending me in a different direction altogether.

Because while I read it and I understand the concept of having a video conversation with someone over a portable phone device is new and exotic at this point in time; it’s completely and holistically impractical with the way the ISP’s are modeling their service plans for the future.

With carriers going to tiered service for wireless data services, who can really afford to do this? It’s ludicrous.

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As the fight wages on in the world of Smartphones and applications, Google seems to have hit the nail on the head with the Google App Inventor.

So you can imagine what Google was thinking a year ago when they released this a select few to play around with and inject a spark of innovation to the world of Android. You need something to make it fun and it has to be easy.

Now, some are arguing it’s not powerful enough to get anything done that’s powerful, but is it enough o do simple tasks and provide a basic service – apparently.

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I was reading this post about AT&T and their latest offering from Android. And it strikes me funny to think that the bane of Internet service and cell service is AT&T. AT&T has virtually destroyed the reputation of the iPhone,and most likely the iPad as well with it’s spotty service.

The point of difference is Android seems to be doing very well on other networks and it’s the fastest growing smartphone operating system on the market. Every carrier has picked up Android; everyone is selling a Droid phone.

So, the question is, is AT&T going to forced to have a come to Jesus meeting when if AT&T has call drop/connection issues with the new Droid? If AT&T is the only place the Droid is having call drop issues, it’s going to be very most apparent where the communications problem is going to be.

Is AT&T ready to deal with that kind of overwhelming proof?

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In a stunning move by Google this week, they’ve decided to replace Microsoft as the primary Operating System for the company.

Almost on cue with another story I recently posted, but Microsoft losing it’s influence in the market; Google is on a mission to drive Microsoft in to the proverbial ground. And what better way than to blame the lack of security in the flagship of the Windows Operating System.

Something most IT Administrator/Consultants already know.

A little while back, Google was attacked by China using a combination of Windows and Adobe PDF exploits. This was a PR nightmare for Google, and Google didn’t take this lying down. They went on the hunt, found the issue, and identified the offender.

But this was only the inception of a plan…

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In the history of technology and software, Microsoft has always been a motivator to get things done, to push things in a certain direction or to be the ‘de facto’ standard with almost any decision in the technology field, but within the last few years this seems to be changing.

And while everyone is embracing ‘open’ standards and progressing Microsoft seems to be the beast who figures their way is right and they’re too big to fail.

I speculate I would’ve to argue that point right about now.

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Here’s some random stuff from the week. Stuff I thought was really fascinating.

Apple is still hitting, and stepping high through, the PR nightmare they’ve created. Right or incorrect, this is bad for them.

Smartphones are just continuing to astound in size and abilities. And with everything they can do; I don’t know why they’re still called ‘phones’.

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