• eweek, Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:14 PM

Albeit in an address to the "Mobile World Congress," Google CEO Eric Schmidt just called for the broader industry to make mobile priority No. 1. Within three years, sales of smartphones will surpass sales of PCs, according to research cited by Schmidt. "The confluence of these three factors (computing, connectivity and the cloud) means your phone is your alter ego, an extension of everything we do," he told conference attendees.

"Here, right now, we understand the new rule is 'mobile first' in everything ... Perhaps the phrase should be 'mobile first' simply because it's time to be proud of what we have built together." Google, it should also be noted, is presently endevoring to establish Android as a preferred mobile operating system among consumers and developers.

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