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First Sight of Google Android

Posted by kdawson on from the it's-little-it's-lovely-it-lights dept.

CorinneI writes "At the Mobile World Congress show, four mobile processor vendors demoed pre-production devices running versions of Google's Android OS — a Linux-based, open operating system for mobile phones that will sport Google applications. The biggest surprise of the demos was how well Android runs on slow devices. 'TI showed Android on a Motorola Q-like QWERTY handheld with its 200 Mhz OMAP 850 platform, where the user interface felt smooth and fast, even with little Apple-like animated transitions between screens.' HTC, Motorola, LG, and Samsung all belong to Google's Open Handset Alliance"

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  1. Re:Linux_kernel+BSD_libc+gJava != linux based open by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The BSD license is significantly more open than any version of the GPL.

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