You forgot about Google’s ChromeOS, didn’t you? Remember Google too, not so long ago, announced plans for totally web-based OS called ChromeOS, which particularly targets netbook/tablet market in which Apple just entered with their iPad and considering the recent rise of rivalry between these two giants I think this needs a closer look.

Google received a lot of criticism and skepticism from press for their ChromeOS for launching completely new operating system and that too totally web-based. While I think launching completely new operating system wasn’t such a bad idea, but failing to recognize the capabilities of this device category was. We all know that one day web applications are going to rule native apps, but putting all horses behind it right from the start will prove fatal. Apple was smart enough to not make this mistake and decided to continue with their iPhone OS, which is still a very solid OS for a tablet and offers a good support for both native and web apps. Apple already took great decisions by allowing a bridge between this transition, by offering the App Store, which is currently the best app marketplace cum platform for both mobile devices category smartphones and tablets. While many can argue against their close-controlled App Store, one can hardly argue against their efforts behind open web standards with their Safari web browser or to say Webkit browser engine, which has received a good traction with HTML5 efforts, CSS standards and offline APIs. Moreover they are also making it easier on iPhone and iPad to create a web app and showing it like a normal app. This dominance on both the fronts – native apps and web apps is not only justifying this strategy today but also going to prove very solid for the future. For the same reason iPad is making ChromeOS look completely stupid and short of any use due to focus on only one aspect and lack of practicality.

Now, Google may come out as a stupid player with their launch of very ambitious and delusional ChromeOS, but we have to remember the battle is yet to begin and Google can still change their strategy by offering Andriod, which is already a very strong competitor to iPhone OS.

Yes! Finally I have started my own personal blog. I will be sharing my interests and passion here. As I have a techical background and a strong inclination towards web technology, i will be sharing my take on different technologies and start-ups. It has been few months since I co-founded start-up called Redanyway (a distributed social network) with my long-tome friends, so I will also be sharing my experience in this endeavour. From time-to-time I might as well share few coding and photoshop techniques, as its my hobby. But, don’t worry I won’t keep this blog all geeky, actually you might find this blog filled with posts on my favorite movies, songs and bands. In fact I am starting it from this post itself, as title of this blog is inspired from a song from one of my most favorite bands named ‘Modest Mouse’. The song is called by the same name ‘Paper Thin Walls’. I have embedded the song below, give it a go. I have also pasted the lyrics of the song. I found lyrics of this song very apt for this blog, hence the title.

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These walls are paper thin
And everyone hears every little sound
Everyone’s a voyeurist, they’re watching me
Watch them, watch me right now
They’re shakin hands, they’re shakin in their shoes
Oh Lord, don’t shake me down

Everyone wants two of them
And half of everyone else who’s around
It’s been agreed, the whole world stinks
So no one’s taking showers anymore
Laugh hard it’s a long ways to the bank

I can’t be blamed for nothin’ anymore
It’s been a long time since you’ve been around
Laugh hard it’s a long ways to the bank

Tow the line to tax the time, you know
That you don’t owe
I can’t be a fool for everyone
that I don’t know

These walls are paper thin
And everyone hears every little sound
Everyone’s a voyeurist, they’re watching me
Watch them, watch me right now
They’re shakin hands, they’re shakin in their shoes
Oh Lord, don’t shake me down

Everyone wants two of them
And half of everyone else who’s around
It’s been agreed, the whole world stinks
So no one’s taking showers anymore
Laugh hard it’s a long ways to the bank

Tow the line to tax the time, you know
That you don’t owe
I can’t be a fool for everyone
that I don’t know