According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple-BFF and mobile-telecom-extroidinaire AT&T is in talks with Google about joining the
Open Handset Alliance. In an interview today, Ralph de la Vega -- chief executive officer of the company's wireless unit -- said that the provider is, "Analyzing the situation," concerning the use of Google's
Android operating system for some of its handsets. Although Mr. de la Vega hasn't personally met with the search-engine giant, the fact that AT&T is even considering joining the Alliance could have a palpable impact on the industry's perception of the forthcoming mobile OS contender. As you'll recall, T-Mobile and Sprint have already jumped on the OHA bandwagon (though to what extent no one knows), and adding the de facto US leader to the mix might really get this stew boiling over. [Warning: read link requires subscription]
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posted Nov 23rd 2007 7:14PM
All I know, is if AT&T came out with an Android powered device like the one pictured, I'd be first in line.
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oops, sorry, wrong thread... hrmm, do I have anything interesting to say about android? Not really. I'm glad it uses OpenGL ES though. :)
Why is only AT&T up grabbing new phones. Dont others want some business too?
come on... they know they don't want to be left out. Now the odd man out is verizon.. Once at&t joins, my bet is they (verizon) will come on-board shortly thereafter.
I would be curious if Apple would be upset about this is an iPhone killer is announced
Google OS looks cool. So far. Hope to see it in action soon.
an interesting post on WHY Android is not as exciting as it should be.
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/11/five-problems-with-google-android.html
i wish they would show us more about the os
WAT!!?? i thought verizon was the one dealing with google
Same here, I also thought Verizon was going to get the Google phone thing.At least that's what I heard from the news
Good that AT&T is seeing the light somewhat quickly; however, I'm still skeptical about what the end result will mean for us AT&T users. I'll try to remain positive :o