Where to start? Google aired new initiatives left and right at its Google I/O developer conference, such as Google TV and the Android 2.2 OS, but also made plenty of other headlines good and bad.
Let’s be charitable and start with the good, since it outweighed the bad.
Android on a roll
Google continued to ride the Android wave by previewing , which boasts enterprise-oriented features including integration with Microsoft Exchange. The software, which had gone by the code name Froyo, will also be faster and support Flash, Google said.
Meanwhile, that shows the surge in Android phone adoption isn't just confined to the United States. According to Gartner's latest data on the global smartphone market, sales of Android phones have grown more than nine-fold in the past year, rising from 575,000 units in the first quarter of 2009 to 5.2 million units in the first quarter of 2010. Android-based phones have similarly seen their share of the smartphone market rise sharply, going from 1.6% of the market in the first quarter of 2009 to 9.6% of the market in the first quarter of 2010.
Google’s boob tube
Google used its I/O developer event to unveil , described as a better way to watch TV and surf the Web. The company’s partners on the project include Intel, Sony and Logitech, which are building Google TV as an open platform. Smart TVs based on the technology could show up as soon as this fall.
Google honors Pac-Man
