Something I’ve been looking forward to…in case you were unaware, cell phones are painfully behind the times. With all of the propietary programs that go into each phone, cell phones are locked into whatever your provider will allow you to have. While open source programs are all over the Internet, cell phones are not capable pf handling other programs. Enter Android. Not surprisingly, Google is behind Android. Here’s the explanation from Wikipedia:
Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices based on the Linux operating system and developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance.[1] It allows developers to write managed code in a Java-like language that utilizes Google-developed Java libraries,[2] but does not support programs developed in native code.
I’m looking froward to getting a phone that handles Android, but from what I understand, the big carriers, Verizon amd AT&T, are not going to have a phone that will support Android. It is too bad. It is too bad that many major companies (in general) want to hold on so closely to their own stuff, that the words “open source” must send them into a frenetic barrage of “No’s”. This must be the reason we need a different cord to charge every electronic device we have. Regardless, I still think Android is a step in the right direction, and maybe the major carriers will change their mind…
