Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Claims Android Will be Bigger than iOS

By Rob Scott
December 8, 2011

Google’s Eric Schmidt said that Android would soon be bigger than Apple iOS.
Schmidt’s belief stems from the fact that Android’s market runs on an open model, which he believes will attract developers.
Addressing a crowd at the LeWeb conference in Paris, Google’s chairman and former CEO “added that Ice Cream Sandwich would redress Android’s device fragmentation and the sheer number of hardware makers would ensure that 2012 would be Google’s year,” reports Engadget.
“Ultimately, application vendors are driven by volume, and volume is favored by the open approach Google is taking. There are so many manufacturers working to deliver Android phones globally,” Schmidt said. “Whether you like Android or not, you will support that platform, and maybe you’ll even deliver it first.”
Android’s success is central to Google’s plans, reports CNET in a related article, and “serves as a mechanism for the company to get its services into peoples’ hands in the hot mobile-technology realm.” Those services include Gmail, Google Apps, Google+, Google Music and Google Maps.
“All the interesting new applications are going to be some combination of social, mobile, and local,” Schmidt said. “Social, local, mobile has been true for humans for at least 10,000 years, so I don’t think it’s going to go away any time soon.”

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