Open Handset Alliance
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The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a business alliance of Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Samsung[1], LG[2], T-Mobile, Nvidia and Wind River Systems to develop open standards for mobile devices.[3]
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[edit] History
The OHA was established on 5 November 2007, with 34 members including mobile handset makers, application developers, some mobile carriers, chip makers, and led by Google.[4]. Nokia, AT&T and Verizon Wireless are not members of the alliance. Android, the flagship software of the alliance, is based on an open source license and will compete against other mobile platforms developed independently by Apple Inc., Microsoft, Nokia, Palm, Research In Motion & Symbian.
[edit] Products
At the same time as the announcement of the formation of the Open Handset Alliance on 5 November, 2007, the OHA also unveiled Android, an open source mobile phone platform based on the Linux operating system.[3] An early look at the SDK was released to developers on 12 November, 2007.[5] T-Mobile plans to deliver their first Android-based handset in 2008 with HTC delivering their first handset in the second half of 2008.[6] Wistron NeWeb (WNC) Corp’s Linux-powered handset, the GW4, was shown at CES 2008 and will be supporting the OHA in 2008.[7]
[edit] Members
The 34 founding members of the Open Handset Alliance are:[citation needed]
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[edit] References
- ^ Google's Android Makes Its Public Debut - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
- ^ Google's Android Makes Its Public Debut - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
- ^ a b Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices (HTML) (English). Open Handset Alliance (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ Open Handset Alliance members page. Open Handset Alliance (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ Developers. Open Handset Alliance (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ Google's Open Handset Alliance Announcement. PC World (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
- ^ CES 2008: WNC unveil Android-ready open-source smartphone. PhoneMag (2008-01-06). Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
[edit] External links
- Open Handset Alliance official site
- Google's Android and the Open Handset Alliance (Exxplain video)
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