Well we didn’t exactly get what we were looking for.
Today Google announced the Open Handset Alliance and the Android mobile phone software platform – not exactly a GPhone but a big step forward.
More details later as they come in, but here’s a what Andy Rubin (who was in the NYTimes this weekend) said on the Official Google Blog:
“Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes an operating system, user-interface and applications — all of the software to run a mobile phone, but without the proprietary obstacles that have hindered mobile innovation. We have developed Android in cooperation with the Open Handset Alliance, which consists of more than 30 technology and mobile leaders including Motorola, Qualcomm, HTC and T-Mobile. Through deep partnerships with carriers, device manufacturers, developers, and others, we hope to enable an open ecosystem for the mobile world by creating a standard, open mobile software platform. We think the result will ultimately be a better and faster pace for innovation that will give mobile customers unforeseen applications and capabilities.” – Andy Rubin, Director of Mobile Platforms, Google
Tags: Open Handset Alliance, Android, Google, GPhone
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Anything that spurs competition and helps break up the stranglehold the current players have on the mobile networks is a good thing in my book.
(By the way, I did go ahead and pick up the iPhone this weekend anyway. I have declared it the greatest invention in human history– beating out both powered flight and penicillin.)