Google announces Android platform
Google finally announced it’s mobile strategy, ending long speculation about upcoming “Google phone”. Google plans to develop open source mobile platform to be known as Android instead.
Google and another thirty-three companies have formed the Open Handset Alliance, which aims to develop open source Android platform for mobile phones. It is planned to be fully integrated mobile “software stack” that consists of an operating system, middleware, user-friendly interface and applications.
Alliance includes mobile operators, software vendors, manufacturers and online retailers. Some notable ones are T-Mobile, Intel, HTC, Ebay, Google, Motorola, LG, Samsung, Sprint, Nvidia and others.
Consumers should expect the first phones based on Android to be available in the second half of 2008.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20071105_mobile_open.html
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