Eric Schmidt the CEO/Chairman of Google addressed the company s keynote at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Schmidt had a few surprises in store for us.
Schmidt started the keynote by expressing his disappointment about the Nokia and Microsoft deal.
He said, "We would've loved if they chose Android. They chose Windows. The offer to adopt later is still open. "We certainly tried."
Schmidt also clearly outlined that Google did not see Facebook as a threat but Microsoft was a more direct threat with Bing improving by leaps and bounds.
He stated, They have scale, brand, and reach to do good things. Facebook today appears to be additive. Facebook users use Google more, no evidence Facebook advertising is hurting Google's in any way. Right now, Facebook is zero to net positive, and Microsoft is a core competitor and will likely remain so for a long time.
Schmidt took the time clarify all the confusion related to the different versions of Android. An also stated the expected version of Android will combine features of Honeycomb and Gingerbread.
Schmidt said, "Today I'll use the commonly used names. We have OS called Gingerbread for phones; we have an OS being previewed now for tablets called Honeycomb. The two of them... you can imagine the follow up will start with an I, be named after dessert, and will combine these two."
Schmidt also clarified that Google had launched the Chrome OS specifically for keyboard devices while Android was meant for touch-based devices. But he hinted a convergence of both the operating systems could take place in the future once the technology was more mature.
Schmidt also announced a new app called Android Movie Studio which would allow creation of media. This app reminded us of the iMovie app Apple launched last year with the iPhone.Google faced some embarrassment as they were facing network issues and they could not complete the demo of the app.
