Google’s Chrome and Android Stake Claim to Mobile “Real Estate”

Is Google staking their claim in mobile “real estate” with Chrome browser and Android operating system?

With everyone talking about Google going after IE and the Microsoft desktop, most people overlook how Google’s mobile strategy ties into everything they do.

Of course, many things at Google seem to tie into their bigger strategy, like their investments in an undersea telecommunications cable (Betanews.com) and wireless communication through satellite (NY Times), or their participation the recent telecom spectrum auction process (InformationWeek).

We can’t forget their actions to “Free the Airwaves” (see the post by Google’s own Minnie Ingersoll, Product Manager, Alternative Access Team).

In terms of mobile, if you think about the phone as the “computer everyone carries around with them” and that more and more power is coming to these small hand held devices, Chrome and Android again help place Google smack dab in the path of future progress.

Just like in real estate investing, it’s all about location, location, location.

Google has their “prime real estate” bought and paid for, now all they have to do is wait for progress to push the rest of us right to their doorstep.

PS – Unlike regular real estate though, Google is offering “free rent” on most of its properties (Chrome, Android, Gmail, etc).