Google has recently released Android – the new open source operating system and software platform. This has been developed by Google and others as part of the Open Handset Alliance, which has over 30 partners supporting it. The goal of this ambitious initiative is to spur innovation in the mobile space and accelerate improvements in how people use the Web via cell phones.
But there is no mobile device on the market able to support this technology. The first Android-based phones should hit the market in the second half of 2008. The platform will be made available under Apache 2 license giving a lot of flexibility to those who adopt it to modify its components and design services and products.
To motivate developers to adopt Android platform, Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide $10 million in awards for great mobile applications built on this platform. As submissions start on January 2, 2008 and last until on March 3, 2008 (for the first challenge) I thing I’ll start learning something more about this platform and maybe participate. There seams to be nothing to loose…
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