Has Google lived up to its expectations?

I never thought such a day would come, at least not so early. Google is being questioned by people around the world for something which promised to take the mobile phone industry to a whole new level – Google Android. When it started, everything looked rosy. Google developed Android and promised that its source code will be made available to programmers around the world, it will help them come up with good mobile applications, and all that jazz. And it’s been quite a while since all this happened. So, developers are raising questions as to what Google is up to anyway.

Agreed, it came up with the software development kit in November, but the kit hasn’t lived up to its expectations. And then, Google came up with the announcement that the kit is a “work in progress”. Most importantly, the kit doesn’t have the source code, which Google promised would be there for everyone to see.

Now, here’s an interesting situation. The big G is taking its own time to actually deliver the goods and this has put Microsoft and Yahoo, the good old rivals, in a comfortable position. While Google stole the thunder with its Android, Microsoft has been working its way up slowly with its Windows Mobile Operating system for around five years now. Most importantly, tens of thousands of applications, which can run in Windows Mobile OS, are available in the market now. Also, Yahoo has announced a software development kit of its own which will help developers come up with apps that can run on a huge number of mobile phones. So, where does that leave Google?

Google has been put under enormous pressure to deliver the goods, and that too quickly. Microsoft and Yahoo are slowly but surely working their way up in the mobile industry and this has made people complain about Google. Now, the word “complain”, I thought, was only meant for Microsoft. What say?

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