[Android] Androidは、2008年のトップテクノロジーの第2位

2. Android

There were many reasons to dislike the T-Mobile HTC G1 phone: its color, poor battery life and a touchscreen that isn't super-responsive. And the numbers reflect that. Only about 1.5 million units of the G1 have been sold since its October 2008 launch. Compare that to the 3 million iPhones that sold when it debuted.
But the G1 scores with its operating system. It runs Android, the free mobile operating system from Google. It's the first mobile OS to make its debut in years and the G1 is just the first of what will be many phones that use it. With its open source base, growing developer community and dozens of cellphone manufacturers pledging to make Android phones, Android has the potential to reshape the wireless industry in significant ways.

Wiredが選んだ、2008年のトップテクノロジーの第2位に、Androidが入っていました。ちなみに、第一は、Appleの「App Store」です。また、六位にはこの影響でGPSの進化も入っています。やはり昨年は、携帯端末関係の技術がブレイクした年といえそうです。この波が日本にどのように入ってくるのかが気になるところです。