entrepreneur.com: By now, it’s clear that Google’s Android isn’t a cell phone. Instead, the Android Open Handset Alliance is an ambitious attempt to expand on Apple’s breakthrough into “commputers”–communication devices with real computing functionality.

The iPhone proved we’re more than ready for commputers–and we’re even willing to pay Apple prices. Android will provide a mass-market alternative: It will standardize commputers the way Windows and the x86 processor did PCs. That won’t be easy. [ read more ]