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11-21-2013, 10:50 AM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7aIsb7CFMMzVQ2q18mJTWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/android-robots-everywhere.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/true-value-android-144537745.html)What typically gets lost in a lot of the horserace coverage comparing iOS and Android market share is the impact that both platforms have on the broader consumer electronics industry. Benedict Evans has a terrific post outlining how Android’s impact goes well beyond smartphone and tablet shipment numbers that garner headlines and extends to letting a whole new crop of consumer electronics companies add a level of intelligence to their devices that had previously not been possible. For instance, Evans notes that small electronics firms are using Android to make television dongles and in-car video players that are outside of the traditional smartphone and tablet silos. He also thinks that we’ll start to see a flurry of Nest imitators-that use



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