Mobile has already won and will cement it's control over the future of computing in 2014, according to Google’s Eric Schmidt.
Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg TV, Schmidt said he doesn’t see mobile computing winning the war against more traditional forms, as far as he is concerned, it has already won.
He predicted that by 2014, “everyone will have a smartphone”. He said that the deep penetration of smartphones will allow for the creation of richer apps next year.
“The trend has been mobile was winning; it has now won. “There are now more tablets and phones being sold than personal computers. People are moving to this new architecture very fast.”
Recent data from the two big companies, IDC and Gartner, have shown that mobile computing has overtaken traditional computing. Neither has suggested that the trend is likely to change any time soon.
Schmidt’s assertion leaves question mark around the future of Google’s desktop operating system Chrome OS. Schmidt is Google’s executive chairman and former CEO and so his words carry significant weight within the company.
Alongside mobile computing, Schmidt also touched on other major topics within the IT world including big data, which he feels will become big business in 2014.
He also admitted that Google left it too late to enter the social network space. However, it’s recent moves have led to an outcry of foul play as it increasingly forces users of it's other services onto its social network Google+.
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