Rules out the end of Android operating system
The announcement of Google Chrome operating system has raised many speculations about Google Android being doomed, but Andy Rubin, the company’s vice president of mobile engineering platforms said, plans to launch Chrome OS would not mean the end of Android operating system for mobile phones.
Rubin said that the mobile device operating systems have specialised jobs that other platforms do not have such as running network protocol stacks, managing battery life and handling handoffs among cell towers.
There are different problems to be solved in different categories of consumer products. But that doesn't mean that one wins and one doesn't win. You need different technologies for different solutions,” Rubin added.
Google and T-Mobile have shown off the new MyTouch 3G smartphone based on Android OS at an event in San Francisco. This is the second Android-based phone from the carrier.
The Google’s blog post stated that Android was designed to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks while Chrome OS is being designed to support computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. However, Chrome OS is expected to target netbooks initially.


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