Google announces Linux based mobile phone OS "Android", Docomo and KDDI also participate

According to Google, it is said to be an open source new OS adopting Linux as a common mobile phone platform of the next generation "Android"In the second half of 2008, this mobile phone that adopted Android appears to be on the market.

And a new organization for Android-based mobile phones "Open Handset Alliance"Initiated by Google, a total of 34 companies including various mobile phone manufacturers and careers around the world participated, including NTT docomo in Japan and KDDI. Intel and net auction, the world's largest eBay, are also participating and it has become quite diverse.

What kind of things will be possible, what kind of new movement is going to happen in the mobile phone market, details of participating company list etc. from the following.
The announcement is done on official blog from Google about this announcement.

Official Google Blog: Where's my Gphone?

According to the official blog, this platform for mobile phones is not "Gphone" that was rumored to be equipped with the Google Russian operating system that has been said for a long time, it is not the OS for that. The Android of this time was made to become a standard of the mobile phone industry so to speak, and this open cell phone model makes it possible for mobile phone users and markets to have faster and more innovative capabilities than imagined We are expecting mobile phones to come out. In other words, development becomes easier than ever, which means that development speed will be faster than before.

We have already reported on the following news websites. Thirty-three companies participate in ITmedia, but in the announcement of the Open Handset Alliance there are 34 companies.

Google announces "Android" open platform for mobile - 33 companies participated - ITmedia News

Google's mobile phone platform unveiled "Android": mobile channel - CNET Japan

"Google Mobile Phone" outline, 34 companies including DoCoMo and KDDI to participate and develop mobile phone open platform "Android": ITpro

Quite in detail Reporting on this case is Engadget Japanese, translating and publishing the state of actual presentation.

Google Press Conference Bulletin: Android · OHA Q & A Q & A - Engadget Japanese

According to this, the preview version of SDK will be released in a week and Android device will appear in the second half of 2008. Also, Android is a perfect platform for Gphone, it is said to be Linux based. As Google has been developed under the support of numerous open source, we hope that with this Android open source as well, we will see something new mobile phones that we have never seen before There seems to be it.

For Android, a commentary movie has already been uploaded on YouTube from Google.

YouTube - Introducing Android


Also, a movie from Google is also uploaded on the future mobile phone opened by Android this time and it is published on YouTube.

YouTube - If I had a magic phone


The following site will be released on the official site of the Open Handset Alliance which was established this time, and the preview version of SDK etc will be released on the following site.

Open Handset Alliance
http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/

The SDK is scheduled to be released on the following page, the scheduled release date is the local time November 12, 2007.

Developers

The list of 34 companies including mobile phone manufacturers and carriers participating this time is as follows.

Aplix (www.aplixcorp.com)
Ascender Corporation (www.ascendercorp.com)
Audience (www.audience.com)
Broadcom (www.broadcom.com)
China Mobile (www.chinamobile.com)
EBay (www.ebay.com)
Esmertec (www.esmertec.com)
Google (www.google.com)
HTC (www.htc.com)
Intel (www.intel.com)
KDDI (www.kddi.com)
Living Image (www.livingimage.jp)
LG (www.lge.com)
Marvell (www.marvell.com)
Motorola (www.motorola.com)
NMS Communications (www.nmscommunications.com)
Noser (www.noser.com)
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (www.nttdocomo.com)
Nuance (www.nuance.com)
Nvidia (www.nvidia.com)
PacketVideo (www.packetvideo.com)
Qualcomm (www.qualcomm.com)
Samsung (www.samsung.com)
SiRF (www.sirf.com)
SkyPop (www.skypop.com)
SONiVOX (www.sonivoxrocks.com)
Sprint Nextel (www.sprint.com)
Synaptics (www.synaptics.com)
TAT - The Astonishing Tribe (www.tat.se)
Telecom Italia (www.telecomitalia.com)
Telefonica (www.telefonica.es)
Texas Instruments (www.ti.com)
T-Mobile (www.t-mobile.com)
Wind River (www.windriver.com)

Incidentally, according to a statement from DoCoMo posted in the press release of the Open Handset Alliance, DoCoMo believes that rich Internet services by mobile phones dramatically change the daily lives of users, the true openness by the Open Handset Alliance He said that his vision will make a significant contribution to this trend and will join and support this organization.

According to a statement from KDDI also published in the press release of the Open Handset Alliance, this Open Handset Alliance is the first great step on the open platform in the mobile phone industry, this new platform is completely I am hoping to bring new experiences to mobile users all over the world.