Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced plans to combine features from the tablet and smartphone versions of its Android operating system in the next major release, according to media reports quoting Google chairman Eric Schmidt.
The forthcoming Honeycomb version of Android intended for the tablet market claims to be the first such tablet version of Android. It has features not available to Android-powered smartphones. The version after, according to the former CEO, will correct this.
'Fracturing' of Android is one of the biggest areas for criticism - and one of the biggest challenges - Google has faced in its battle against Apple's iOS for smartphones and tablets, it has been observed. In this regard, however, Apple has also faced challenges in iPhone and iPad development. While features like multi-tasking and app folders were introduced on iPhone 4 months before they came to iPad, there was never any doubt that Apple was working on unifying those features.
Controlling the software and the hardware is seen to allow Apple to keep a close reign on such things. Google reportedly faces internal development timelines, apart from having to suffer the consequences of what any and all newcomers might do with its operating systems once they are released.
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