Google is also targeting Android and/or Chrome OS on the desktop — Chrome OS for simple, web-app-centric tasks, and Android for running more conventional applications.

They’re one target for Google ‘s new App Inventor for Android, which offers browser-based, drag-and-drop app development.

Google is trying to bridge the massive gap between the Android Market and Apple's App Store for iOS with App Inventor. The application allows anyone to build a smartphone application, with no ...