The application is the new the operating system

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 10, 2010 12:26 AM EDT
The Open Road; By Matt Asay
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If you're a Google Nexus One user, you experienced a bit of magic last week. In one click of an over-the-air update, your Nexus One became an iPhone--offering the ability to pinch and expand the screen to zoom in or out. Just one click, with little to no user intervention. That's what operating systems look like in the 21st century, a future more clearly playing out in mobile than in the more traditional realms of personal computers and servers.

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