Google Finally Announcing Cell Phone Project Today

Don’t have time to read all the buzz?

Here’s the 411:

• They’re launching a mobile platform based on Linux.


• It’s either going to be called "Android" (CNET) or "G-System" (USA Today).


• Phone manufacturers on board include Qualcomm, HTC, Samsung, and Motorola. Nokia is conspicuous by its absence.


• Wireless carriers signed-up include Sprint, NTT DoCoMo, and T-Mobile. AT&T & Verizon are hesitant to sign on.


• The new platform will speed up phones and make them an open platform for developers.


• Announcement will come today, actual phones won’t appear until early next year.

  It seems Google is frustrated with all the "wall gardens" in the mobile phone industry and hopes that its initiative will open things up sufficiently to allow it a better opportunity to push Google applications. Hmmm, sounds a lot like its reasons for starting OpenSocial, doesn’t it?

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