Google gets wireless & 4 ways it will impact you

By raheem

Google has erased all doubts about its interest in wireless – not that there were any. Google’s latest 10Q filing has the following statement about its wireless plans.

“The number of people who access the internet through devices other than personal computers, including mobile telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones and handheld computers and video game consoles, as well as television set-top devices, has increased dramatically in the past few years. The lower resolution, functionality and memory associated with alternative devices make the use of our products and services through such devices more difficult. If we are unable to attract and retain a substantial number of alternative device users to our web search services or if we are slow to develop products and technologies that are more compatible with non-PC communications devices, we will fail to capture a significant share of an increasingly important portion of the market for online services.”

Google’s involvement in wireless is going to accelerate the adoption and viability of wireless broadband in the United States. What this means to you is that in the next couple of years, you will very like be able to do the following:

1. Surf the web on the go
2. Be able to switch wireless carriers without having to get a new phone
3. Do more computing on your mobile device – this might expedite the decline of the PC?
4. Local search will start taking off