Having just gotten my hands on a new Windows Mobile 6 phone and also loving how attractive Apple's new iPhone interface is , I searched the net to find out how I could integrate the interface of the iPhone into my WM6 phone. While searching for the applications, I came across what would be the very first open source operating system for mobile phones - the Google Android Platform . I finally found what I'd say is the best of both worlds all rolled into one :) the only thing is that it's going to be awhile longer before it's going to be launched. Here's a preview below :
GOOGLE ANDROID demo on Youtube
After going through the video and seeing what it can offer, I'd say it's definitely a viable competitor to the existing systems namely the Symbian operating system, Microsoft's Windows Mobile and also the Apple's iPhone interface.Being built on Linux and the ability to code apps with java gives developers the freedom to develop any application on the operating system and replace the existing ones without distinguishing them as original or third party applications. With the Android API and SDK's available online for any developer to utilise for free, it encourages developer to develop anything that their creativity brings. There's even an on going competition for developers to develop the best applications for android which will make him or her possibly $10 million richer!
I believe with the emergence of open source operating systems for the phone and applications that works with it will in the future make phones more user friendly, just as illustrated in the new threaded sms function in the demo of the Android prototype phone.It displays sms just like how we get to view chat messages in our usual chat like interface in our Internet messenger for easy tracking and viewing of messages received from a specific contact. Perhaps in the near future even companies like Nokia, Samsung, Motorola or HTC and the likes will finally be able to build more personalised branding of their very own interface and not specifically being forced to accept the limitation of Symbian or even Microsoft. Somehow I do hope the successful development and future implementation of open source operating systems for the phones will further improve phone productivity and bring down the price of phones in the near future. Of course till then, it's only my own wishful thinking.
2 comments:
very insightful... i like how you put your own thoughts into it. but are there any downside to it at all?
Perhaps like all things Google, there is a possibility that there will be ads integrated within the system which I do hope is not going to rip the fun out of having cool services and system from Android. We won't know how they'll do it till it’s out :)
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