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Last updated: Tuesday, January 19, 2010

When tech gurus try to project the big trends for 2010, they keep coming back to one topic: mobile Internet connections. People want to be able to surf the web with their multimedia mobile or their netbook. Google and Apple are both lining up to be the primary provider of such services, creating a showdown between the search engine powerhouse and the creator of the iPhone. Google’s latest salvo is the Nexus One mobile, the first mobile created by the company. Apple is expected to respond by the end of January with the introduction of its tablet computer, slated for a late March release. Thus, two companies that have had friendly relations until now are likely to start acting more like rivals. Apple is currently the undisputed No 1 in portable Internet services. Its iPhone and multimedia player iPod Touch have shown that surfing the Internet on the go can be fun, even on a small screen. Its perfectly designed hardware and software exemplify Apple’s approach. Its tablet will likely attempt to set a new industry milestone. Despite Apple’s usually secrecy, US blogs and media claim to have some advance details. The tablet’s core is a touch-sensitive screen, measuring 25 to 28 centimeters diagonally, making it larger than Amazon’s e-book reader Kindle. But, the tablet-shaped computer — which has no keyboard, as is standard for such devices — should be easier to navigate than most notebooks. It should cost between 700 and 1,000 dollars, reports the Wall Street Journal. Observers suspect that Apple will give its yet-to-be-named device a direct connection to its online App store, where users can download additional programs to turn the tablet into an all-purpose device. With access to the iTunes store, it would become a multimedia device. After all, virtual commerce is about more than music and videos. More media companies are using…

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Apple and Google Lay Battle Lines in Mobile Internet War

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