Google recently announced that it’s buying 3D desktop software BumpTop. While the company previously had their 3D desktop enhancement software working for both the PC and Mac, the fact that those are being discontinued means that their work might shift towards the Android operating system and Google tablet.
What BumpTop essentially does is turn a desktop into a virtual room, where icons can be placed on the wall or floors and stacked up. The neat little uses of BumpTop, ranging from having pictures cycle in a frame to bouncing items around the desktop, could give a nice amount of pzazz to a cell phone operating system.
Why am I so convinced that BumpTop will be used for Android Because there’s no point in buying it otherwise, writes Preston Gralla. Google certainly has no interest in entering the shareware business, and there’s really no reason for it to develop a Windows-based or Mac-based piece of desktop software. And the fact that BumpTop has a ‘multi-touch’ interface makes it ideal for a smartphone or tablet.
On the other hand, there are great opportunities in the mobile market, where Google is up against Apple. It needs something flashy (not to mention Flash-y) to compete there, and I’m betting that BumpTop will be the core of it, he continued. Also, expect BumpTop to be the primary interface for whatever tablet Google will eventually launch. It’s ideal for a tablet . . . in fact, even more ideal for a tablet than a phone because of the amount of screen real estate there.
Source: ComputerWorld
