Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Nov 2007 21:36 UTC, submitted by irbis
Google and 33 other companies have announced an ambitious industry alliance that will maintain a completely open source mobile phone stack. The Open Handset Alliance says phones based on its Linux-based 'Android' stack will reach market in as soon as eight months. The Android stack is based on 'open Linux kernel', the group says. It also includes a full set of mobile phone application software, in order to "significantly lower the cost of developing and distributing mobile devices and services", OHA said.
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For some reason, I seriously doubt this will be after the same market as the iPhone. My guess is that it will more directly compete with windows mobile, palm, and blackberry.