Android: Google's competition for Apple's iPhone launched
It was announced last November, and now it's been launched: Google is releasing the Android mobile operating system and aims to revolutionize mobile Internet use. Apple and others could feel the heat from the competition.
It was announced in November last year, now it has been launched: Google is releasing the Android cell phone software and wants to revolutionize the use of the Internet on cell phones. Everything that runs on a website should also work on devices equipped with the software. The open source software will also run on cell phones from all possible manufacturers. This enables Google to keep its alliance, which already consists of 33 partner companies, attractive for other companies.
>> Google developer Sergey Brin explains Android on YouTube
Deutsche Telekom's US mobile subsidiary will sell the first phone based on Android software, as announced by its partner Amazon in New York on Tuesday. The Android phone is being built by the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer High Tech Computer (HTC). It will be available in the USA from October 22 and in Europe from 2009.
Website of the "Google phone" from HTC and T-Mobile USA Inc.
Google is entering the promising mobile Internet market with its own cell phone operating system. As one of the largest providers of online advertising, the Internet giant is naturally also interested in additional advertising revenue from growth in this area. According to a press release from SDA, the revenue may be shared between the partners.
To date, the world's largest cell phone manufacturer Nokia has dominated the market for smartphones, i.e. devices that combine a cell phone and an organizer. With its operating system, however, Google is also competing with providers such as Research in Motion with its Blackberry devices, Palm or Microsoft with its Windows Mobile. The US computer company Apple, which wants to establish its new iPhone on the market, could also feel the effects of the competition.
>> Google developer Sergey Brin explains Android on YouTube
Deutsche Telekom's US mobile subsidiary will sell the first phone based on Android software, as announced by its partner Amazon in New York on Tuesday. The Android phone is being built by the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer High Tech Computer (HTC). It will be available in the USA from October 22 and in Europe from 2009.
Website of the "Google phone" from HTC and T-Mobile USA Inc.
Google is entering the promising mobile Internet market with its own cell phone operating system. As one of the largest providers of online advertising, the Internet giant is naturally also interested in additional advertising revenue from growth in this area. According to a press release from SDA, the revenue may be shared between the partners.
To date, the world's largest cell phone manufacturer Nokia has dominated the market for smartphones, i.e. devices that combine a cell phone and an organizer. With its operating system, however, Google is also competing with providers such as Research in Motion with its Blackberry devices, Palm or Microsoft with its Windows Mobile. The US computer company Apple, which wants to establish its new iPhone on the market, could also feel the effects of the competition.
The "Google phone"
