Google’s new platform, Android, takes on the might of Nokia’s Symbian, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, promising to turn handsets into fully functional PCs.
Google, through a collaboration with 33 other companies, is going to launch in two years a Rs 4,000 mobile phone that will replace personal computers completely. The alliance is targeting Internet-enabled smart phones where the asking price worldwide is closer to $ 200 rather than $ 20.
The Open Handset Alliance will include handset makers, technology developers and carriers, the prominent among them being Qualcomm, NTT DoCoMo, Telefonica, LG, and Samsung. Google will offer up something called the “Android Mobile Software Stack”, an integrated family of software including an operating system and new mobile applications.
Source: The Pioneer
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