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Google has unveiled software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phones and boost the web on the move.The software could lead to cheaper phones as it is designed to speed up the process of making mobile services.The firm is working with four mobile manufacturers - Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG - but a Google branded phone was not announced.
The first phones using the so-called Google "software stack" will be available in the second half of 2008."This is going to bring the internet into cell phones in a very cool way," Andy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms, told the Associated Press news agency.Mr Rubin's firm, called Android, was bought by Google in 2005 and the software it developed forms the basis of the new stack.
In the United States mobile phone networks such as Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile will carry the Google-powered phones.'Unleash potential'China Mobile, Telefonica in Spain and Telecom Italia are among the carriers that have signed on to provide services outside the US.This doesn't seem to be a beta release of a technology. If I were a competitor, I would be sitting up and paying attentionAnalyst Adam Leach, Ovum.
Source :http://news.bbc.co.uk
"Vodafone-only branded
ultra-low cost consumer handsets"; the Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225.Aimed at consumers in emerging and developing markets, Vodafone hope these cheap mobiles will provide millions of people in the opportunity to access to the benefits of mobile technology for the very first time.
Vodafones report that in markets such as India or Tanzania the cost of buying a mobile handset can be so expensive as to be prohibitive so their low-cost phones will help drive mobile penetration, particularly in rural areas and will provide access to mobile services for people in emerging markets that are already taken for granted in Western Europe.
The handsets are likely to retail at around $25-$45 US dollars (19-35 euros) depending on the specific model and the local market conditions.
The Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225 are the first handsets manufactured for Vodafone by China's ZTE Corporation, following a procurement agreement signed between the two companies in December 2006.
The handsets are almost identical except the Vodafone 125 has a black and white screen and the Vodafone 225 has a colour screen.
Vodafone Egypt, Vodafone Romania and Vodacom (South Africa) will be the first countries to launch the Vodafone 125 and 225 handsets in the next few weeks.
Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Google has unveiled software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phones and boost the web on the move.The software could lead to cheaper phones as it is designed to speed up the process of making mobile services.The firm is working with four mobile manufacturers - Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG - but a Google branded phone was not announced.
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