Google CEO Eric Schmidt sees future industry growth in the mobile phone sector, and concedes the “iPhone showed what you can do with a very powerful browser.”
Speaking to BusinessWeek, he focuses strongly on the opportunity his company sees in the mobile sector, promising a new generation of ‘Android’ OS phones will debut in the autumn. And while the iPhone leads the pack now, the former Apple board member appears confident Android will take a slice of smartphone action.
“A next generation of [Android-based] phones will be coming out in the fall,” he said. “They won't necessarily displace other [phones] because they're also doing well. But we will have a significant bet