Android - Platform for mobile devices

[DonCamote]

Android Platform for Mobile devices : Get ready for a new wave of innovations on the mobile arena. No you can't go to your favorite store and look for it just yet. Perhaps next year, end users could already get their hands on cheaper, better functionalities within your familiar brands.

Two words -- Google & Linux (ahhh, the good life )

Highlights of the Press Release:

Android holds the promise of unprecedented benefits for consumers, developers and manufacturers of mobile services and devices. Handset manufacturers and wireless operators will be free to customize Android in order to bring to market innovative new products faster and at a much lower cost. Developers will have complete access to handset capabilities and tools that will enable them to build more compelling and user-friendly services, bringing the Internet developer model to the mobile space. And consumers worldwide will have access to less expensive mobile devices that feature more compelling services, rich Internet applications and easier-to-use interfaces -- ultimately creating a superior mobile experience.

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/...bile_open.html

[kopinux]

ika nga ng motto

They can have the Desktop; Linux will have the World.
proof is in here: http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4936596231.html

sa bilis kumalat ng linux baka darating ang araw lahat ng electronic devices ay tumatakbo na sa linux. kahit na oven toaster ahihihihi.

[DonCamote]

It's coming soon ...

http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/09/1...17android.html

http://www.forbes.com/technology/200...12android.html

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...cle4772625.ece

Google is raising the bar once again. This is going to benefit us end-users ...

[DonCamote]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology...ectid=10586401

What makes the Android so compelling is the open access given to developers to develop features for the Android devices. People are free to develop apps that can directly access the hardware functions of the phone - Wifi, GPS, Camera, file system of the phone, etc. Think - adding functionalities to your phone without buying a new one! Of course, if it's a new hardware device you need (like WiMax connectivity) then it's a hardware upgrade. Phone hardware manufacturers who will insist in keeping their closed technologies will soon realize that fancy marketing gimmicks will not be enough.

Android is freedom to choose - for us customers.

[badsekktor]

wow! looking forward to this technology

[DonCamote]

Nexus One launched (aka Google Phone)...

Sleek demo:

http://www.google.com/phone/

Although the Open Handset Alliance members like Motorola, Samsung, HTC, etc have launched their own, this is the first time Google will actually sell a hardware of its own.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/201...gle-phone.html

Can't wait to see this in the Philippines