buy cheap generic levitra online<\/a> manufacturers and programmers use… and then, in the case of Amazon and B&N, customise and “fork”… and then remove Google services from. Yuk!<\/p>\nTo the larger market, Android is the petrol or the tyres you use on your car. Important, for sure, but you never go and specifically look for a Michelin or Shell car. Google wants to at least be a “Ford” or “GM” in the mobile market (compared to Apple’s “BMW” or “Mercedes”).<\/p>\n
It definitely doesn’t want to be a geek friendly afterthought\u00a0lagging behind the phone\u00a0vendors\u00a0and carriers\u00a0in public\u00a0recognition\u00a0(with Google’s good name used by these companies to reassure their own financial departments \u2013 while they further annoy the big G by\u00a0futzing\u00a0around with the Android experience.)<\/p>\n
So, instead of having a victory parade for Android and its services, Google suddenly dumps the name “Android Market”, THE connection between the apps and the Android OS \u2013 and it covers them in a sprinkling of fresh Google dust with the new name “Google Play”.<\/p>\n
There, everyone\u00a0will now think of Google when getting all their mobile apps, games and videos.\u00a0Sorted!<\/p>\n
But will they? Will\u00a0Google\u00a0Play become an\u00a0iTunes type\u00a0conglomeration of apps, music and videos that could even make a profit in the future? Or will “Play” become another Google\u00a0project that runs out of steam?<\/p>\n
Make no bones about it, Google is WORRIED about Android being forked by competitors and detracting from the vital Google mass market mind-share. They needed to act quickly and shore up possible\u00a0future\u00a0revenue streams and market presence. And so we have “Play”.<\/p>\n
I’m sure Google\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0want to just<\/em> serve ads to the mobile market in the future (the main argumanet about Android’s financial viability) – and it must be worried about its continuing reliance on the “fools’ game” that is\u00a0internet\u00a0ads. I mean, just look at the state<\/em> of desktop browser ads: does it really do Google any favours?<\/p>\nInteresting times. But it all looks set for a Google Play Motorola Tablet, and a wider sprinkling of the Google Play brand. It is still a terrible name, though!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Google Play now sits firmly atop the web crown jewels of Google’s search page. It’s fifth in line to the throne, and has been thrust ahead of some of the long-time Google big guns (such as GMail, YouTube, Docs and Calendar).<\/p>\n