Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Nov 2007 21:36 UTC, submitted by irbis
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless 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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RE: Get a clue, people...
by mcduck on Tue 6th Nov 2007 22:34 UTC in reply to "Get a clue, people..."
mcduck
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2005-11-23

In order to get any significant distribution, you have to do a deal with the major mobile telcos

You should come and see how it works in europe.

We buy phones (totally unlocked), then we choose a telco.

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