Google’s Android

Have you ever wondered how it would be if we can write mobile applications like any other applications that we develop for the personal computer? The link that was missing so far was filled up once again by the search giant Google. There is always a buzz whenever Google releases a product. This time they have stepped into the Mobile phone Market. Though Google has not released a Google Phone as yet, they announced the launch of an open platform for a mobile phone applications.

So what is Android? It is a Linux based mobile software platform, a free software available under the Apache-Open Source license. So for those of you who are wondering whats special in this mobile platform Google says Android will have a browser capable of handling whatever a pc’s web browser can handle. According to the Android Open source license agreement, anyone can modify the OS to suit their needs. The platform allows for customization down to the screen. Think of iGoogle page in your mobile where you can customize almost anything.

Google has released the SDK for developers to develop applications for the Android Platform and this time Google is planning to reward and recognize the developers. So they have set a side 10 million dollars for the best applications developed for android. So probably in a few months time we will be seeing innovative applications being developed for the mobile phones.