Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform
You are confusing Java and Javascript. Totally different beasts, tho they have some syntactical similarities (which is why Sun let Netscape use the Java name) On Nov 7, 2007 5:04 PM, Zheng, Changqiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that's because Google is going to make Gphone become a hardware Firefox browser (just like a handset browser). Google's most web applications are based on java or developed by java. eg GWT, Gmail. Thanks, -Churchy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kwon, Owen Sent: 2007年11月8日 8:44 To: Naveen Verma; Amit Karpe Cc: Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform Hi, I heard that Android is strongly based on Linux/Java. Is Java a good middleware for linux device? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Naveen Verma Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:28 PM To: Amit Karpe Cc: Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform Hi, Yes, this is interesting, somehow I feel that distribution may be like we have with different version of linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suze etc. -Be Naveen On Nov 6, 2007 10:09 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Google's Open Source Mobile Platform : As expected, today Google took the wraps off of the gPhone (as the media have for months been referring to the rumored project). Google is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers, and will be licensing its software to all comers on an open source basis under the Apache license. (The Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen demonstrates a miserable grasp of what open source means.) Google's US partners include Nextel and Sprint, but not ATT nor Verizon. Phones will be available in the second half of 2008 - not the spring as earlier reports had speculated. News.com's analysis warns that Google won't take over the mobile market overnight, though they quote Forrester in the opinion that Google may be one of the three biggest mobile players after several years of shakeout. From : http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/11/06/0223211.shtml Also for more info http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_releases.html http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/wheres-my-gphone.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Phone http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-questions-about-google-phone .html http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/05/139210from=rss http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139293-c,pdacellphonehybrids/article.h tml http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=e2c539e8-524a- 418f-aee2-22578a0f6b65Headline=Bharti+to+partner+Google+Phone http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.htm Interesting stuff !!! Now I just want to know who will win ??? Qutopia , Open Moko , Moblin or Andriod ??? I think FOSS will win !!! -- Regards Amit. ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Best Regards. Please keep in touch. -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform
On Nov 10, 2007 1:11 PM, Steve Paine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a feeling that Android will be available for arm and x86 and that programmers will only have access to the SDK. It would make sense if it's java as google already has apps running on java. I'm no java expert but similar projects i've seen running like this have been fairly memory intensive. Pepper's desktop, for example. A very similar project to Google's but with no SDK!! Maybe that's why they're in trouble. Anyone know what browser core will be used? Mozilla? It's a webkit-based one. They're going to unleash their patches/source for webkit soon. Maybe this isn't the right place to discuss Android but i'm sure there are going to be connections between the projects. Maybe the Moblin guys are already building the x86 version of the core for Intel hardware. Steve. UMPCportal We'll see next week when the SDK is released On Nov 10, 2007 9:22 AM, Kwon, Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Android just a middleware and Google application set? If then could we port Android to moblin stack and run simultaneously with native Linux application? Or run Android in separate virtual console? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) From: Paul Bartell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:55 AM To: Kwon, Owen Cc: Naveen Verma; Amit Karpe; Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform I would think not... Depending on what JVM they are using, it could be good for expandability, and not needing a different binary for each type of device. I know sun's JVM is fairly memory intensive. On Nov 7, 2007 4:43 PM, Kwon, Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I heard that Android is strongly based on Linux/Java. Is Java a good middleware for linux device? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Naveen Verma Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:28 PM To: Amit Karpe Cc: Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform Hi, Yes, this is interesting, somehow I feel that distribution may be like we have with different version of linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suze etc. -Be Naveen On Nov 6, 2007 10:09 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Google's Open Source Mobile Platform : As expected, today Google took the wraps off of the gPhone (as the media have for months been referring to the rumored project). Google is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers, and will be licensing its software to all comers on an open source basis under the Apache license. (The Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen demonstrates a miserable grasp of what open source means.) Google's US partners include Nextel and Sprint, but not ATT nor Verizon. Phones will be available in the second half of 2008 - not the spring as earlier reports had speculated. News.com's analysis warns that Google won't take over the mobile market overnight, though they quote Forrester in the opinion that Google may be one of the three biggest mobile players after several years of shakeout. From : http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/11/06/0223211.shtml Also for more info http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_releases.html http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/wheres-my-gphone.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Phone http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-questions-about-google-phone .html http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/05/139210from=rss http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139293-c,pdacellphonehybrids/article.h tml http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=e2c539e8-524a- 418f-aee2-22578a0f6b65Headline=Bharti+to+partner+Google+Phone http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.htm Interesting stuff !!! Now I just want to know who will win ??? Qutopia , Open Moko , Moblin or Andriod ??? I think FOSS will win !!! -- Regards Amit. ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile
Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform
On Nov 8, 2007 6:34 AM, Zheng, Changqiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that's because Google is going to make Gphone become a hardware Firefox browser (just like a handset browser). Google's most web applications are based on java or developed by java. eg GWT, Gmail. I thought Google prefer python for all its development . Thanks, -Churchy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kwon, Owen Sent: 2007年11月8日 8:44 To: Naveen Verma; Amit Karpe Cc: Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform Hi, I heard that Android is strongly based on Linux/Java. Is Java a good middleware for linux device? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Naveen Verma Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:28 PM To: Amit Karpe Cc: Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform Hi, Yes, this is interesting, somehow I feel that distribution may be like we have with different version of linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suze etc. -Be Naveen On Nov 6, 2007 10:09 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Google's Open Source Mobile Platform : As expected, today Google took the wraps off of the gPhone (as the media have for months been referring to the rumored project). Google is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers, and will be licensing its software to all comers on an open source basis under the Apache license. (The Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen demonstrates a miserable grasp of what open source means.) Google's US partners include Nextel and Sprint, but not ATT nor Verizon. Phones will be available in the second half of 2008 - not the spring as earlier reports had speculated. News.com's analysis warns that Google won't take over the mobile market overnight, though they quote Forrester in the opinion that Google may be one of the three biggest mobile players after several years of shakeout. From : http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/11/06/0223211.shtml Also for more info http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_releases.html http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/wheres-my-gphone.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Phone http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-questions-about-google-phone .html http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/05/139210from=rss http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139293-c,pdacellphonehybrids/article.h tml http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=e2c539e8-524a- 418f-aee2-22578a0f6b65Headline=Bharti+to+partner+Google+Phone http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.htm Interesting stuff !!! Now I just want to know who will win ??? Qutopia , Open Moko , Moblin or Andriod ??? I think FOSS will win !!! -- Regards Amit. ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Regards Amit. -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform
On Nov 10, 2007 1:52 PM, Kwon, Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Android just a middleware and Google application set? If then could we port Android to moblin stack and run simultaneously with native Linux application? Or run Android in separate virtual console? I got some info like FYI Moblin is a layer with hooks to Intel standards based Mobile Internet Device platform. Today Ubuntu and Red Flag are ported over Moblin. Mandriva, red hat are next in line . Android is also being ported over Moblin and our teams are working with Google. Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) From: Paul Bartell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:55 AM To: Kwon, Owen Cc: Naveen Verma; Amit Karpe; Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform I would think not... Depending on what JVM they are using, it could be good for expandability, and not needing a different binary for each type of device. I know sun's JVM is fairly memory intensive. On Nov 7, 2007 4:43 PM, Kwon, Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I heard that Android is strongly based on Linux/Java. Is Java a good middleware for linux device? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Naveen Verma Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:28 PM To: Amit Karpe Cc: Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform Hi, Yes, this is interesting, somehow I feel that distribution may be like we have with different version of linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suze etc. -Be Naveen On Nov 6, 2007 10:09 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Google's Open Source Mobile Platform : As expected, today Google took the wraps off of the gPhone (as the media have for months been referring to the rumored project). Google is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers, and will be licensing its software to all comers on an open source basis under the Apache license. (The Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen demonstrates a miserable grasp of what open source means.) Google's US partners include Nextel and Sprint, but not ATT nor Verizon. Phones will be available in the second half of 2008 - not the spring as earlier reports had speculated. News.com's analysis warns that Google won't take over the mobile market overnight, though they quote Forrester in the opinion that Google may be one of the three biggest mobile players after several years of shakeout. From : http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/11/06/0223211.shtml Also for more info http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_releases.html http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/wheres-my-gphone.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Phone http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-questions-about-google-phone .html http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/05/139210from=rss http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139293-c,pdacellphonehybrids/article.h tml http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=e2c539e8-524a- 418f-aee2-22578a0f6b65Headline=Bharti+to+partner+Google+Phone http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.htm Interesting stuff !!! Now I just want to know who will win ??? Qutopia , Open Moko , Moblin or Andriod ??? I think FOSS will win !!! -- Regards Amit. ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile -- If you are savvy and smart about the choices you make in life, The sky is not the limit! Mark Shuttleworth Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: This is an incline plane. You roll stuff down it. Or is it one of those incline planes have been used throughout the millenia, from the Egyptian pyramids to this stupid science class videos? - Jasmine Lee -- Regards Amit. -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform
I have a feeling that Android will be available for arm and x86 and that programmers will only have access to the SDK. It would make sense if it's java as google already has apps running on java. I'm no java expert but similar projects i've seen running like this have been fairly memory intensive. Pepper's desktop, for example. A very similar project to Google's but with no SDK!! Maybe that's why they're in trouble. Anyone know what browser core will be used? Mozilla? Maybe this isn't the right place to discuss Android but i'm sure there are going to be connections between the projects. Maybe the Moblin guys are already building the x86 version of the core for Intel hardware. Steve. UMPCportal We'll see next week when the SDK is released On Nov 10, 2007 9:22 AM, Kwon, Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Android just a middleware and Google application set? If then could we port Android to moblin stack and run simultaneously with native Linux application? Or run Android in separate virtual console? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) From: Paul Bartell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:55 AM To: Kwon, Owen Cc: Naveen Verma; Amit Karpe; Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform I would think not... Depending on what JVM they are using, it could be good for expandability, and not needing a different binary for each type of device. I know sun's JVM is fairly memory intensive. On Nov 7, 2007 4:43 PM, Kwon, Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I heard that Android is strongly based on Linux/Java. Is Java a good middleware for linux device? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Naveen Verma Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:28 PM To: Amit Karpe Cc: Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform Hi, Yes, this is interesting, somehow I feel that distribution may be like we have with different version of linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suze etc. -Be Naveen On Nov 6, 2007 10:09 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Google's Open Source Mobile Platform : As expected, today Google took the wraps off of the gPhone (as the media have for months been referring to the rumored project). Google is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers, and will be licensing its software to all comers on an open source basis under the Apache license. (The Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen demonstrates a miserable grasp of what open source means.) Google's US partners include Nextel and Sprint, but not ATT nor Verizon. Phones will be available in the second half of 2008 - not the spring as earlier reports had speculated. News.com's analysis warns that Google won't take over the mobile market overnight, though they quote Forrester in the opinion that Google may be one of the three biggest mobile players after several years of shakeout. From : http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/11/06/0223211.shtml Also for more info http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_releases.html http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/wheres-my-gphone.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Phone http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-questions-about-google-phone .html http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/05/139210from=rss http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139293-c,pdacellphonehybrids/article.h tml http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=e2c539e8-524a- 418f-aee2-22578a0f6b65Headline=Bharti+to+partner+Google+Phone http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.htm Interesting stuff !!! Now I just want to know who will win ??? Qutopia , Open Moko , Moblin or Andriod ??? I think FOSS will win !!! -- Regards Amit. ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile -- If you are savvy and smart about the choices you make in life, The sky is not the limit! Mark Shuttleworth Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating
Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform
Correction to my last post. Pepper do have an SDK. Sounds like google are reinventing the wheel! Steve On Nov 10, 2007 12:11 PM, Steve Paine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a feeling that Android will be available for arm and x86 and that programmers will only have access to the SDK. It would make sense if it's java as google already has apps running on java. I'm no java expert but similar projects i've seen running like this have been fairly memory intensive. Pepper's desktop, for example. A very similar project to Google's but with no SDK!! Maybe that's why they're in trouble. Anyone know what browser core will be used? Mozilla? Maybe this isn't the right place to discuss Android but i'm sure there are going to be connections between the projects. Maybe the Moblin guys are already building the x86 version of the core for Intel hardware. Steve. UMPCportal We'll see next week when the SDK is released On Nov 10, 2007 9:22 AM, Kwon, Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Android just a middleware and Google application set? If then could we port Android to moblin stack and run simultaneously with native Linux application? Or run Android in separate virtual console? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) From: Paul Bartell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:55 AM To: Kwon, Owen Cc: Naveen Verma; Amit Karpe; Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform I would think not... Depending on what JVM they are using, it could be good for expandability, and not needing a different binary for each type of device. I know sun's JVM is fairly memory intensive. On Nov 7, 2007 4:43 PM, Kwon, Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I heard that Android is strongly based on Linux/Java. Is Java a good middleware for linux device? Thanks, Owen Owen Kwon (Ohkeun Kwon) Technical Marketing Engineer +82 2 767 2428 (Office) +82 10 9034 4820 (Mobile) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Naveen Verma Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:28 PM To: Amit Karpe Cc: Ubuntu India Local Community; ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Google's Open Source Mobile Platform Hi, Yes, this is interesting, somehow I feel that distribution may be like we have with different version of linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suze etc. -Be Naveen On Nov 6, 2007 10:09 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Google's Open Source Mobile Platform : As expected, today Google took the wraps off of the gPhone (as the media have for months been referring to the rumored project). Google is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers, and will be licensing its software to all comers on an open source basis under the Apache license. (The Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen demonstrates a miserable grasp of what open source means.) Google's US partners include Nextel and Sprint, but not ATT nor Verizon. Phones will be available in the second half of 2008 - not the spring as earlier reports had speculated. News.com's analysis warns that Google won't take over the mobile market overnight, though they quote Forrester in the opinion that Google may be one of the three biggest mobile players after several years of shakeout. From : http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/11/06/0223211.shtml Also for more info http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_releases.html http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/wheres-my-gphone.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Phone http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-questions-about-google-phone .html http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/05/139210from=rss http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139293-c,pdacellphonehybrids/article.h tml http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=e2c539e8-524a- 418f-aee2-22578a0f6b65Headline=Bharti+to+partner+Google+Phone http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.htm Interesting stuff !!! Now I just want to know who will win ??? Qutopia , Open Moko , Moblin or Andriod ??? I think FOSS will win !!! -- Regards Amit. ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev ___ dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list
