Google has officially unveiled its plans for mobile — and they don’t include its own phone.
Instead Google announced plans for its own open-source mobile operating system, dubbed Android. It has also announced support from over 30 companies collectively called the Open Handset Alliance.
The news hasn’t really come as a huge shock to the industry after leaks over the weekend, but it could still have massive repercussions for the industry.
Basically Android will be a competitor for Symbian, Windows Mobile and other mobile handset systems. However, unlike its rivals- and most notably Apple and its iPhone - Android will be a truly open platform meaning anyone can develop for it or modify it to suit their tastes, and this includes operators, manufacturers and users.
Companies who have signed up to Google’s Open Handset Alliance include China Mobile, eBay, HTC, LG, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung and T-Mobile. Notable omissions from the list include Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Vodafone and Orange.
Google said the software development kit (SDK) will be made available next week, and that the first phones using Android to appear in public should be in just over six months.
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