Preface

It's no secret that traditional computing patterns are undergoing a radical change. The proliferation of smartphones with ever-increasing processing power will only accelerate the process. Tablet devices have seen a much broader adoption as extensions of the smartphone platform where previous attempts to downsize general-purpose computers failed. While the operating system of the most popular mobile devices may be different from the user's perspective, it has more in common with a desktop system than you might think.

Google's Android platform has seen a huge increase over the last year and is challenging Apple's iOS for market share. Apple's wide lead in applications has been steadily dwindling although the jury is still out when it comes ...

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