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By: Carnival of the Mobilists #99: Time to Give Thanks? « Ubiquitous Thoughts

Carnival of the Mobilists #99: Time to Give Thanks? « Ubiquitous Thoughts — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:10:48 +0000

[...] of the blogging about Google’s initiatives is fairly positive, Carlo Longino at MobHappy describes Google’s announcement of the OHA and Android as “a PR and media manipulation masterstroke. Obviously since they’ve created the ‘Open [...]

By: Michele Costabile

Michele Costabile — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:28:56 +0000

Weel, I think the platform can be envisioned easily:

An OS based on Linux, must be complete and performant

A killer browser written in C (WebKit? )or Java,

Touch sensitive display for natural navigation

Some desktop, probably based on the browser, probably written with GWT

A GPS antenna for every possible integration with Maps and related content (including value added services, like “what restaurants are close to this place?”)

Local storage based on gears

Widgets and open SDK (GWT)

Calendar, contacts, documents, based on their web counterparts, being able to work offline thanks to gears

Rich content platform, maybe based on Adobe AIR

By: El Observatorio de Internet Movil

El Observatorio de Internet Movil — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:53:25 +0000

TRACKBACK: Reacciones a OHA

[...] el año que está próximo a terminar será recordado como el gran año mediático para la industria móvil. Nunca nuestra industria atrajo tanta atención y genero tantas expectativas. La llegada de grandes outsiders, como Apple y Google, han contribuido a dinamizar la industria y sin duda todo esto tendrá un impacto positivo[...]

By: C. Enrique Ortiz

C. Enrique Ortiz — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:38:36 +0000

“All of those vendors have plenty of “open” platforms they use already, and it seems unlikely that they’ll drop them all and shift to Android”

Unless Android is based on same or similar platform i.e. Linux, and some flavor of Java or Web.