More details from Google's Android press release
by Nilay Patel 
posted Nov 5th 2007 at 11:38AM
We're probably going to be hearing a lot about Google's Open Handset Alliance and Android mobile phone software platform in the days to come, but the official press release contains quite a few things to chew on while we wait for the deluge. The big dogs in OHA appear to be Google, T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm and Motorola, but the list of companies that have joined the group is insanely long -- we're counting 33, and that's just the companies who've joined as of today. Notables include Intel, LG, Samsung, Sprint Nextel, KDDI, Broadcom, Marvell, Texas Intruments, NVIDIA, and, randomly, eBay. Equally interesting are the prominent absences from the list -- it looks like Nokia, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon and Softbank aren't in on this party just yet. Peep the full list of companies after the break.Read -- OHA press release
Read -- OHA members page
- Aplix
- Ascender Corporation
- Audience
- Broadcom
- China Mobile
- eBay
- Esmertec
- HTC
- Intel
- KDDI
- LivingImage
- LG
- Marvell
- Motorola
- NMS Communications
- Noser
- NTT DoCoMo
- Nuance
- NVIDIA
- PacketVideo
- Qualcomm
- Samsung
- SiRF
- SkyPop
- Sonivox
- Sprint Nextel
- Synaptics
- TAT
- Telecom Italia
- Telefonica
- Texas Instruments
- T-Mobile
- Wind River
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Steve @ Nov 5th 2007 12:35PM
I wouldn't call eBay "random." They own Skype, a very relevant force in mobile telecommunications (particularly if carriers are forced to allow all applications to use their bandwidth).
Nuance @ Nov 5th 2007 12:46PM
Nuance joined the Open Handset Alliance with other industry leaders to grow the entire mobile ecosystem, said Steve Chambers, president, mobile and consumer services division, Nuance Communications. Were committed to apply our strength and leadership in voice-based search and messaging to move the market forward. By packaging and optimizing embedded speech technology components for open source distribution, weve given developers the opportunity to access speech solutions through open APIs using the Android platform and to easily upgrade to new, more advanced speech features as well. We believe deep collaboration with members of the Alliance will grow our core mobile business and fuel the proliferation of speech-enabled applications worldwide.
Mark Richardson @ Nov 5th 2007 1:02PM
"Equally interesting are the prominent absences from the list - ...Microsoft..."
It's interesting to you that Microsoft isn't on the list of supporters for Google's mobile OS? lol
Dave @ Nov 5th 2007 1:03PM
Dear Verizon,
I didn't expect you to be part of this right off the bat. You're so cautious you release phones 12+ months after every other carrier. I get it. But please do not dismiss this. I like having coverage everywhere. I like it so much I put up with your high prices, terrible customer service, and corporate mantra of "screw the customer." But if this turns out to be awesome (and with a name like Android, how could it not?), and you turn your back, I will leave you.
Sincerely,
nameless, faceless Verizon customer
!!! @ Nov 5th 2007 8:07PM
I thought yr name was Dave. :D
mistermix @ Nov 5th 2007 1:15PM
So AT&T has iPhone, T-Mob and Sprint have Android, and Verizon has, um, Windows Mobile?
fyreblazer @ Nov 5th 2007 2:20PM
Something like that Mr Mix, except VZW's behind the others you mentioned by 6 months with WM.
I'm hardly surprised that AT&T, VZW and MSFT aren't apart of this. The best part about this is the fact that HTC is apart of this. So even though AT&T isn't apart of this, devs will probably be able to get 8525 & the Tilt working with this.
JAmerican @ Nov 5th 2007 2:17PM
T-Mobile is stepping their game up. T-Mobile for the win. This will definately support their 3G when released. It would be great if they released a GPhone with 3G in 2008 (since a Gphone is coming next year).
T-Mobile phones have always sucked for the most part. Let's hope this is a revolution for them.
JAmerican
Khris @ Nov 5th 2007 4:40PM
JAmerican
"T-Mobile phones have always sucked for the most part."
And look, they've got customers to match!
Tre Chaos @ Nov 6th 2007 3:24PM
T-Mobile phones have sucked for the most part . . . ?
RIGHT, ever heard of a little thing caled a SIDEKICK
Its this really cool device that EVERYONE and thier MOTHER has.
But i will give you the fact that if not for the Sidekick TMO would be NOTHING