In case you've been avoiding all tech news for the past year, the long-awaited Android (being developed by The Open Handset Alliance) is is a Linux-based, open operating system for mobile phones that will feature Google apps. Basically, it will make developing third-party apps quicker and easier--though how open the actual phones are is up to the phone makers and wireless carriers.
Here are a couple columns from PCMag.com for preliminary reading:
Google Android: Prepare to Be Underwhelmed. Lance Ulanoff asks, "Do we really need another phone platform and cascade of proprietary apps?"
T-Mobile's Dream Is a Distraction. Sascha Segan asserts, "Google's Android OS is really about ruling the world of feature phones, not the world of smartphones."
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