Apple watch your back!

I am an Apple fan. I love their products; however, Google might be stilling some of Apple thunder with it new open platform for mobile phones called Android. Android could be the iPhone killer. Why? It has a great graphics and the ability to create innovative interfaces, but more importantly, it is open source. Which allows anyone to create mobile applications on any type of device on any service.

Google has now thrown in a carrot. They have announced a $10 Million developer challenge for Android. The company will be awarding fifty $25,000 prizes and then narrowing things down to an additional ten $275,000 and $100,000 awards. You can grab the Software Developer Kit now (which is free). Maybe develop an application for RadioMilwaukee.

Check this video out on the some of the capabilities of Android. Apple you better step up your game.

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No Phone Home for gPhone

As some of you may know, Google is working on platform for a new cell phone. The gPhone has been officially announced. Here is the ticker. There is no actual physical phone. The interesting thing is that they are not making the hardware but developing a platform based on a open standard. What this could mean in the near future is amazing. Cell phones would be more compatible with each other. You will have the ability to have the cell phone do what you want to do(like make a simple phone call). The name of this platform is called Android.

Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes an operating system, user-interface and applications — all of the software to run a mobile phone, but without the proprietary obstacles that have hindered mobile innovation. We have developed Android in cooperation with the Open Handset Alliance, which consists of more than 30 technology and mobile leaders including Motorola, Qualcomm, HTC and T-Mobile. Through deep partnerships with carriers, device manufacturers, developers, and others, we hope to enable an open ecosystem for the mobile world by creating a standard, open mobile software platform. We think the result will ultimately be a better and faster pace for innovation that will give mobile customers unforeseen applications and capabilities.

Here is a little video about the history of this project.

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