Destroy All Androids!
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| At least, that seems to be the reaction of those in the mobile phone
| industry, few of whom have nice things to say about the Google-powered
| initiative to get a common Linux platform into the pockets of the populace.
|
| [...]
|
| So what Google needs - in this case, what we all need - is an open
| environment. If that's brought about by Android being a stonking success then
| fine, but if it happens because there's open competition between players of
| all flavours, none of whom approaches overall control, that works almost as
| well.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006371o-2000331777b,00.htm
Intel Says Google's Android Is Good Because Open Is Good
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| The announcement from Google this week that it will offer Android, a
| Linux-based mobile phone platform, certainly caused a stir in the industry.
| Intel's decision to join Google's Open Handset Alliance (along with 33 other
| companies) underlines the support Intel provides to open source platforms --
| what Pankaj Kedia, director of Intel's global ecosystem programs, says is
| essential to giving consumers "the internet in your pocket."
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http://www.crn.com/software/202804045
Gphone vs iPhone: The security debate
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| Google's long-anticipated mobile plans finally emerged this week in the form
| of Android, the company's mobile Linux platform.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39290646,00.htm
Related:
Google and open source: Viva la difference
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| In contrast, Motorola and HTC were key speakers in the press conference
| announcing the platform. Motorola already has shown it embraces open-source
| solutions by trying to incorporate the Linux operating system into its
| handsets.
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http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/FREE/71106002/1021
Q&A: MontaVista CEO on Google Android
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| Google's forthcoming open-source platform for smartphones, called Android,
| promises to spur the creation and adoption of new mobile-phone applications.
| And many of them will likely run on top of MontaVista, the leading
| Linux-based smartphone operating system. MontaVista chief executive Thomas
| Kelly answers the questions.
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http://www.cbronline.com//article_news.asp?guid=9D5030B7-C48B-46E0-B7D8-E82C61BDA06D
Linux Sees 'Astronomic' Growth in Mobile Devices
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| "We were very aware that the growth in mobile for Linux was huge, but we
| didn't know it was so astronomic," Amanda McPherson, marketing director for
| the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider. "These are very encouraging
| numbers." Why Linux has drawn significant support from the community of
| handset manufacturers can be explained on several fronts, McPherson said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59162.html
Google's mobile move: awe-inspiring and terrifying
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| It is also another awe-inspiring -- or terrifying, depending on one's
| perspective -- display of the engineering and business resources Google can
| unleash and of the power it has to influence, disrupt and rearrange markets.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071106/tc_infoworld/93133
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