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Two Unexpected, Potential Scenarios for Android
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| We've done a number of posts lately on the
| incredible momentum that the open source
| Android operating system has. It's being
| supported by nearly every major smartphone
| maker, with players such as Acer and Motorola
| putting huge bets behind it. Acer's new
| "Liquid" Android smartphone has the trendy
| Snapdragon chip from Qualcomm built in, a sign
| that the OS could boost the prospects of
| cutting-edge new processors.
|
| [...]
|
| Scenario 2: An Android Foundation? ZDNet asks
| the excellent question, "Should Google Spin
| Android Into a Foundation?" Foundations, such
| as the Apache Foundation, can have an
| enormously positive impact on open source
| platforms and applications. But ZDnet's Dana
| Blankenhorn points this out: "It doesnât
| always work. Witness LiMo, which Motorola
| recently abandoned for Android. Witness
| Moblin, which Intel gave to the Linux
| Foundation. Witness Symbian itself for that
| matter." He also points out that foundations
| lead to lots of forks, which raises the
| possibility of problems like the ones cited in
| scenario one above. Would an Android
| foundation necessarily be good? What do you
| think?
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http://ostatic.com/blog/two-unexpected-potential-scenarios-for-android
Acer reveals specs of Android smartphone
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| Acer has disclosed more details about its
| upcoming Android-based Liquid smartphone, a
| thin device with a 3.5-inch touchscreen.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2009/101509-acer-reveals-specs-of-android.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Related:
Marvell Joins Open Handset Alliance
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| Marvell believes that this open platform will spark innovation and empower
| developers to create revolutionary applications and accelerate the delivery
| of those applications to mobile users," said Marty Schroeder, Vice President
| of Marvell's Cellular and Handheld Business Group.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/mobile/14064/marvell-joins-open-handset-alliance
ARM Announces Support for Open Handset Alliance
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| ARM has been working with the open Android platform for some time and is
| committed to delivering a rich mobile experience based on the platform. As
| part of this relationship, ARM will contribute its ARMv6 and ARMv7
| architecture-based OpenMax DL libraries and insight on the ARM(R) CPU and ARK
| Mali(TM) GPU architectures to the Android Open Source Project
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ARM-Announces-Support-Open-Handset/story.aspx?guid=%7B3363CD9A-12B1-441F-B770-1E846316D681%7D
T-Mobile and Google cozy up with Android
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| As for other carriers in the United States, Sprint joined the Open Handset
| Alliance from the outset and is a founding member. Verizon's CEO has been
| quoted as saying, "We're planning on using Android." Meanwhile, AT&T's CEO
| is "encouraged by the idea that an Android phone could host AT&T branded
| apps." That said, Verizon and AT&T have yet to make anything official,
| although nothing is stopping them from releasing Android-powered handsets in
| the future.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/04/26/t-mobile-and-google-cozy-up-with-android
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