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Old 11-05-2007, 02:26 PM   #1
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Not really a phone per say, but instead, a phone OS with an open development platform for all phone companies to use.

Based on this companies software: http://www.android.com which Google bought at some point.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gphone/ev...nce-318882.php

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They're hoping to make a better phone, ultimately. (And sell a ton of ads and services, of course, along the way.)
•Android, an open system for handset dev, is the first joint project and core product of the alliance.
•There are 34 members of the group, including NVIDIA, Intel, Texas Instruments, Synaptics (haptics!), Marvell, Qualcomm (chips), Motorola, Samsung, TMO, Sprint, LG, HTC, KDDI and DOCOMO from Japan and China Mobile Comm. Corp.
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Old 11-05-2007, 02:30 PM   #2
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Three way fight?

Microsoft vs Apple vs Google

This is gonna be bigger then the cola wars!
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Old 11-05-2007, 02:33 PM   #3
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Interesting. Wonder how long it will take iPhone to completely open up to compete with this
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Old 11-05-2007, 02:54 PM   #4
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Looking forward to taking a look at the SDK on the 12th!
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Old 11-05-2007, 03:00 PM   #5
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Apple is releasing their SDK Feb 2008.
I to am going to take a look at Google's SDK.
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Old 11-05-2007, 04:23 PM   #6
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/1...uld-be-closed/

bit more info here .. including a description of the actual phone.

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It is thin, about 3 inches wide and 5 inches long, and features a touch-sensitive, rectangular screen. Unlike the iPhone, the screen is also time-sensitive: Hold down your finger longer, and the area you’re controlling expands. The bottom end of the handset, near the navigational controls, is slightly beveled so it nestles in the palm. The screen also swivels to one side, revealing a full keyboard beneath. (The screen display changes from a vertical portrait mode to a horizontal display when someone uses the keyboard.)
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Old 11-05-2007, 04:39 PM   #7
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And here's the bottom line from the same article.

"Indeed, when pressed, Mr. Rubin said that a wireless carrier would be free to make a phone that ran Android that locked out any application it didn’t approve of."

So yes it is open but wireless carriers will lock it down and once again, force us to pay them to put content we have already purchased onto hardware we already own.
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