Open Handset Alliance

All you want to know about Open Handset Alliance

Type
Founded 2007
Headquarters
Website http://openhandsetalliance.com/

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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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.

By April, five months after the announcement, signs were surfacing that Google was experiencing difficulties in rolling Android out. The code base may not be solid and partner developers were at that time left with many questions that delayed implementation[5]. The New York Times confirmed some developers were experiencing problems but also that "others say that creating programs for Android has been painless."[6]

Products

Main article: Android (mobile phone platform)

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.[7] T-Mobile plans to deliver its first Android-based handset in 2008 with HTC delivering its first handset in the second half of 2008.[8] On August 18, 2008, the FCC has approved an Android-based mobile device called HTC Dream (DREA100). [9] Wistron NeWeb (WNC) Corp’s Linux-powered handset, the GW4, was shown at CES 2008 and will be supporting the OHA in 2008.[10] T-Mobile announced in August 2008 that they would deliver the first smartphone to use Google's Android software, which is produced by HTC.[11]

Members

The 34 founding members of the Open Handset Alliance are:[citation needed]

Mobile operators Software companies Commercialization companies Semiconductor companies Handset manufacturers

References

  1. ^ Google's Android Makes Its Public Debut - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
  2. ^ Google's Android Makes Its Public Debut - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
  3. ^ a b "Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices" (HTML) (in English). Open Handset Alliance (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
  4. ^ "Open Handset Alliance members page". Open Handset Alliance (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
  5. ^ "Open Handset Alliance Members Frustrated With Android". Informationweek.com (2008-04-07). Retrieved on 2008-07-01.
  6. ^ Holson, Laura; Helft, Miguel (2008-08-14). "Smartphone Is Expected via Google", New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-08-15. 
  7. ^ "Developers". Open Handset Alliance (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
  8. ^ "Google's Open Handset Alliance Announcement". PC World (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
  9. ^ "FCC Approved HTC Dream". Engadget (2008-08-18).
  10. ^ "CES 2008: WNC unveil Android-ready open-source smartphone". PhoneMag (2008-01-06). Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
  11. ^ Holson, Laura; Helft, Miguel (2008-08-14). "Smartphone Is Expected via Google", New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-08-15. 

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