New Delhi: Cyber giant Google is now all set to conquer cellular phones.
Different cellphone brands use different platforms for their basic mobile interface. But with Google's latest offering, they will use the same operating system.
Google along with more than 30 industry biggies such as Intel, Samsung and Motorola has developed an operating system that almost all phones across networks can use. The company is calling it Android and claim that it will not only make mobile web browsing simpler and faster, it will also unleash an entire whole new slew of cellphone software for the users' delectation.
An huge benefit of Android is that it is not just free but is also Linux-based, which means that any developer can create new and better applications and launch them in the open market. The increased user input in the operating system can only improve the the platform, and would make it cheaper and faster.
With nearly three billion cellphone users worldwide, Android could give Google a much larger captive market.
For Indians, however, using Android would depend on network operators. Though Google and Bharti already offer mobile internet and local address searches on mobile, neither is confirming if they would be partners once Android is launched.
Meanwhile, speculation about the Gphone - touted as the next big thing in mobiles - continues.
Google has projected the release date of Android-powered phones as early as 2008.
Different cellphone brands use different platforms for their basic mobile interface. But with Google's latest offering, they will use the same operating system.
Google along with more than 30 industry biggies such as Intel, Samsung and Motorola has developed an operating system that almost all phones across networks can use. The company is calling it Android and claim that it will not only make mobile web browsing simpler and faster, it will also unleash an entire whole new slew of cellphone software for the users' delectation.
An huge benefit of Android is that it is not just free but is also Linux-based, which means that any developer can create new and better applications and launch them in the open market. The increased user input in the operating system can only improve the the platform, and would make it cheaper and faster.
With nearly three billion cellphone users worldwide, Android could give Google a much larger captive market.
For Indians, however, using Android would depend on network operators. Though Google and Bharti already offer mobile internet and local address searches on mobile, neither is confirming if they would be partners once Android is launched.
Meanwhile, speculation about the Gphone - touted as the next big thing in mobiles - continues.
Google has projected the release date of Android-powered phones as early as 2008.
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