Google have a made big step in the right direction, ten years ago Bill Gates promised us a Windows version running on every appliance, Android looks closer then

Google have a made big step in the right direction, ten years ago Bill Gates promised us a Windows version running on every appliance, Android looks closer then Windows Mobile to achieve that goal. Android looks like a good platform for small devices, it runs on a linux kernel (which makes it cheap), and the application layer is implemented in a Virtual Machine (Which makes it more stable and secure). We shouldn't try to compare netbooks applications to desktop applications. Netbooks should come cheap, which mean they are down on resources, but on the other hand they can come with features that are missing on a desktop (3G embedded card e.g.). Its a matter of time until Android devices would be Office enabled (If the S60 can do it, then Android for sure) which is for me a big hurdle that Google needs to cross. Other then that its all a matter who can come up the right applications that will make the netbooks a valid market (A lack of applications is what drove down the Tablet PC market, in my view anyway). One more thing, since the Android API is Java like and straight forward (my opinion again), the amount of web based applications converted into native code is currently one of the main drives for building Android applications. As cool as it is this is not enough to make the Android ground braking platform.