Google, Not Apple, to Rule Smart-Phone World | Industry Insights | Financial Articles & Investing News | TheStreet.com

Google, Not Apple, to Rule Smart-Phone World | Industry Insights | Financial Articles & Investing News | TheStreet.com

Google's Android OS is the newest entrant in the smart-phone war. As with all things, Google has taken no prisoners and is projected to be the second-largest smart-phone operating system by 2012, according to Gartner Inc. Like with Symbian, Android has a huge advantage by being available on several phones from many manufacturers. With Motorola(MOT), Dell(DELL), HTC and Samsung offering Android-based phones, the OS casts a much larger net than Research in Motion or Apple can. Those companies create the only devices to use their software.