“We’re hoping thousands of different mobile phones will be powered by Android,” Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters on a conference call following the announcement.
Google, which has no immediate plans to make phones of its own, said it forged an alliance with 33 companies, including phone makers Motorola Inc Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and High Tech Computer Corp. China Mobile Ltd, the world’s largest mobile carrier, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and KDDI and European and Latin American operator Telefonica also said they were working with handset makers to develop Google-based phones. In its long-rumored entry into the mobile phone market, the world’s leading Internet company said it would start next week by allowing independent designers to tinker with its software, known as “Android.” Google-based phones are due to appear in the latter half of next year.ĭeutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile will start selling Google software-based phones next year. Google will unveil its mobile strategy on Monday, including a phone operating system and a broad alliance with multiple wireless service providers and handset vendors, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. A Google search page is seen through the spectacles of a computer user in Leicester, central England July 20, 2007.
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