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Message| (884)    The Internet seems to be full of stories and
analysis every day about who is winning and who is losing the
smartphone wars. However, I think that Google (GOOG) has been a
clear winner in the smartphone wars till now. The company has
managed to install its OS (and ecosystem) on a majority of
smartphones and tablets without spending too many resources. It
has used Microsoft's (MSFT) tried and tested strategy of beating
the competition by giving a product away for free. Google's
Android OS has been a masterstroke which has converted more than
one billion first time mobile device users into Google
customers. While Google is not making too much money from the
Android OS, it is making its competitors such as Apple (AAPL)
and Microsoft lose a large amount of money. While Android may
not be the best mobile OS, it has a great value proposition
given its zero cost to customers