Jamie Le Souef

Google is working on an Open operation environment for the mobile phones - Android. …”It [Android] is built to be truly open. For example, an application could call upon any of the phone’s core functionality such as making calls, sending text messages, or using the camera, allowing developers to create richer and more cohesive experiences for users. Android is built on the open Linux Kernel. Furthermore, it utilizes a custom virtual machine that has been designed to optimize memory and hardware resources in a mobile environment. Android will be open source; it can be liberally extended to incorporate new cutting edge technologies as they emerge. The platform will continue to evolve as the developer community works together to build innovative mobile applications.”

If Google and its third party developers (you and I) can developed a system that has the office tools of Windows Mobile and the entertainment tools of Apples iPhone then I think we’ll have a fantastic, and not to mention Open Source, choice which can only drive competition forcing Microsoft to offer better Internet and Media capabilities into WiMO and Apple to actually offer a complete system rather than a flashy iPod.

Check the video below where Sergey Brin introduces the concept.

Bad hair day? Maybe, but this guy can defiantly afford to have a bad hair day/month/year… oh hell! he can have a permanent bad hair day!

More information can be found at http://www.openhandsetalliance.com 

Bring on more Open Source

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