Open Handset Alliance

Open Handset Alliance: 47 Members. 1 Phone.

John Paczkowski in News on December 9, 2008 at 10:36 am PT

You wouldn’t know it from the number of Android handsets on the market, but support for Google’s new mobile operating system is growing. This morning, Open Handset Alliance, a coterie of tech companies dedicated to promoting the OS, added 14 new partners to its roster.

Does Android Dream of Developer Sheep, Redux

John Paczkowski in News on October 21, 2008 at 11:02 am PT

With the release of the first device to support Google’s Android mobile operating system less than a day away and a second already in development at Motorola, Google is making good on a promise it made when Android debuted: to make the platform available under a progressive, developer-friendly open-source license.

Yahoo Under Siege

John Paczkowski in News on October 21, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Nokia Announces Symbianese Liberation Army

John Paczkowski in News on June 24, 2008 at 9:24 am PT

The mobile market is heating up to a roiling boil, isn’t it? This morning Nokia said it plans to acquire the 52% of mobile software outfit Symbian that it does not already own in a cash deal valued at about $410 million. But rather than roll up the company’s operations into its own, it’s turning them over to the newly formed Symbian Foundation.

Boardroom Blitz?

John Paczkowski in News on May 14, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Google to Verizon: LiMo? More Like Lamo … or LMAO

John Paczkowski in News on May 14, 2008 at 8:52 am PT

Google’s Open Handset Alliance is going to have to do a lot better than a few early prototype demos if it truly hopes to unify mobile Linux around its Android specification. Because rival LiMo Foundation is stepping up its game. And fast.

Who Better Than Dell to Ruin Our Customer Satisfaction Rating?

John Paczkowski in News on January 30, 2008 at 2:28 pm PT

Google and Dell are collaborating on an Android-based cellphone? Really? Seems unlikely. Certainly, Google has said repeatedly that Android is intended not as a platform for building one Google-branded Gphone, but an entire ecosystem of them.

Inside Google’s Cellphone Operating System

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 17, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Google’s upcoming cellphone operating system, Microsoft Office for the Mac and methods for backing up Outlook Express emails.

Big BI Buy for Big Blue

John Paczkowski in News on November 12, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Does Android Dream of Developer Sheep?

John Paczkowski in News on November 12, 2007 at 9:59 am PT

Odd, isn’t it, that Google will award up to $30 million in prize money to anyone able to land a privately funded spacecraft on the moon, but it’s willing to pony up just $10 million to spur interest in development of its new Android platform for mobile devices. Apparently Google’s dominion over space figures higher [...]

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