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O’Reilly Radar - What does Google’s Open Handset Alliance announcement tell us about iPhone third-party apps?
November 16th, 2007 by Head Robot
Marc Hedlund writes,
It’s interesting to note that Google and the Open Handset Alliance are starting out by shipping the platform first, and shipping phones with that platform on it a year later. Andy Rubin mentioned that an SDK will be available in one week (Apple won’t have an SDK until February), and that it will be shipped with the Apache v2 license. Starting with developers — what a great way to compete with Apple. Someone asked if a manufacturer could create a “completely locked-down Android device,” and Andy Rubin responded, sure, the Apache license lets you do whatever you want, but Eric Schmidt chimed in, why would you bother? The point is having access to the applications. As he said later, “This is fundamentally a developer platform announcement.”
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Engadget - Symbian, Nokia, Microsoft and Apple downplay Android
November 13th, 2007 by Head RobotEngadget writes,
Palm’s not the only company that isn’t afraid to speak out on the Open Handset Alliance. Nokia, Microsoft and Symbian made it most clear today that they don’t perceive danger from the new initiative and corresponding Android OS, with Nokia stating it quite bluntly: “We don’t see this as a threat.” Microsoft was a bit more on the defensive. “It really sounds that they are getting a whole bunch of people together to build a phone and that’s something we’ve been doing for five years,” said Scott Horn, from Microsoft’s Windows Mobile marketing team. “I don’t understand the impact that they are going to have.” The Symbian folks stated the obvious: “If Google was not involved the industry would have just yawned and rolled over,” said John Forsyth of Symbian. “We take it seriously but we are the ones with real phones, real phone platforms and a wealth of volume built up over years.” UIQ was a bit more optimistic about the OHA, saying that “Generally, it’s positive for the industry.” Apple wasn’t as commital either way. “We have a great relationship with Google and this doesn’t change anything,” said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris. “They are certainly an important partner for iPhone.”
Some great discussion can be found at the original post at Engadget.com