Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Open-Source Going Mobile

If you thought your phone was still safe from those pescky hackers, you were wrong.

Google has announced that it is in the development stages on the first mobile open-source platform, Android. The basic principle: no one knows how to meet your needs better than you do, so why not give yourself the ability to choose applications for your phone that meet your needs.

Google released some details about its plans to alter how mobile applications are created and distributed, industry watchers are compiling a long list of follow-up questions about the Android platform and the Open Handset Alliance on Monday. A comprehensive overview is set for release on Nov. 12.

IDG News Service took a chance to talk to Rich Miner, a key member of Android's technical staff and a co-founder of the namesake company Google acquired in 2005, and ask him about the project.

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