LinkNotes: Google Android prototypes shown at MWC

2008-02-14

Google Android prototypes shown at MWC

Unveiling an Android-based prototypes at the Mobile World Congress brought Google's Android platform back into the spotlight. Below a few clips of the news coverage and some screenshots.

clipped from ap.google.com

Android Prototypes Debut in Barcelona

A man demonstrates Google's Android software platform at the World Mobile Congress, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. The congress is expected to bring together more than 50,000 industry executives from some 1,300 companies. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

clipped from www.pcmag.com

Google's Android Makes Its Public Debut

BARCELONA — The Mobile World Congress became the coming-out party for Google's Android OS as four mobile processor vendors showed off pre-production devices running versions of Android.

Google's Android is a Linux-based, open operating system for mobile phones that will sport Google applications. It will be free for manufacturers to adopt, though how free and open the actual phones end up being will be up to phone manufacturers and wireless carriers.