One good thing about being a jack of all and master of nothing is the innate ability to adopt new technologies. With this comes a responsibility to also try new things.
This includes operating systems, devices, browsers/applications and online services. One of the most difficult gaps to bridge for the tech industry has been the gap between using a phone and using a pc. This must surely be causing headaches in phone application adoption. The iPhone is an exception and I believe this is due to the ease of use.
Google Android might be the perfect bridge. A tweet this morning caused me to think differently. Bloomberg is reporting the possibility of the Google Andriod phone OS being preinstalled on ASUS Netbook. This netbook would probably cost about $500 bucks.
Not only would this be within reach of students but also transitional web workers. For me and a small group of webmasters (small?) we would love being able to use the same OS for our desktop, laptop and phone. I could imagine being able to move my OS between devices giving me ultimate adoption of a single OS.
Windows Mobile on my Motorola Q is gross. Instead of “surprisingly pleasant” Verizon continues to prefer a “barely legal” customer service model. Windows Vista seems as far away from mobile-based as the nearest cell phone tower. I don’t mean to grumble.
I’m trying to point out the value in having a single OS to work on and what I feel would be a landslide of support for any user experience that bridges the mobile and office models seamlessly. We don’t need syncing. We need fluidity.
