Google Announces Mobile Phone "Open" OS

Today Google announced their long rumored mobile project, "Android," which they’ve been developing in secret.  Most, including myself, were expecting an actual device.  What was announced is an actual mobile platform that can be run on a wide range of devices.  According to Google, Android "…will be composed of a "fully integrated mobile ’software stack’ that consists of an operating system, middleware, user-friendly interface and applications."

According to Engadget, many of the major players in the telecom industry have signed on and are official partners of Google’s Open Handset Alliance (minus Microsoft, Nokia, AT&T, and Verizon, no big surprises there).  In my opinion this really raises the bar in terms of the levels of service that consumers will come to expect: devices that can operate anywhere on any network, share files easily, low-cost data access, etc.  Any competition will by welcome in this space, especially in the U.S. market, where the service providers dictate what your phone is allowed to do.  Read this post by David Pogue released earlier this year for a further analysis of this specific issue.

Watch this video that discusses what Android is capable of!

November 5, 2007 | Filed Under Internet, Mobile Tech 

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