Its open source, not linux based. They are not coming up with a phone either, its just the phone OS.
Google is giving the software away to others who will build the phones. The company invested heavily in the project to ensure that all of its services are available on mobile phones. Its ultimate goal is to cash in on the effort by selling advertisements to mobile phone users, just as it does on Internet-connected computers. I dont understand how.
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well, for the blind ones anyway...
Me and the swarm of my neurotic friends form a collective brain, it suffers from multiple split personalities
I've never used a java IDE. I know nothing about software licences. I dont know why i just went through all the comments on this page. :(