Here's an official video from the Google camp featuring the Android team opining about the whole "gPhone" idea, the Open Handset Alliance, and what they hope to accomplish by taking cell phones into the open source world. It's a good intro to what the whole thing is about, and as a bonus it has shots of some of Android honcho Andy Rubin's robot collection. [YouTube]
Google's Android Team Introduces the gPhone
11:25 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Adam Frucci
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This video is hilarious...
"There has to be a good 5 people who read slashdot that are excited about that."
That guy has the most AWESOME collection of robots LOL even the special delux tin Bender!
Where is the phone?
Something tells me these guys haven't been laid in a while.
Rockbox for Cell phones. That would be super. Get your locked down cell phone install gphone OS BAM!!! freedom.
Don't see it happening anytime soon.
@PCLoadLetter:
listen again dude. there is no phone. there is just an open source platform intended to allow anyone to make a better phone (read: Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and their manufacturing agents)
Cute dog! I love Airedales :)
When has Sprint ever had a good phone? Never, that is why I left them for Helio. Same network, which works great for my area, but better phones for what I need. I wonder if Helio will be jump on board? Open source on the phones if they can make it happen is what would bring me back to Sprint.
That was cool. Dog was good. The german guy's name was German. Command Line joke. Can't ask for much more.
Ok, so this is basically Symbian with a Linux Kernel. Not exactly cause to crack open a bottle of Krystal, guys.
@draiko: no, but signing google on board, and getting HTC and motorola to both join in as handset makers, and qualcomm as a chipmaker, is.
My only thought was: how often was that dog beaten to get it to stay away from those robots.
actually that isnt a Airedale, its a Lakeland Terrier, which is like an airedale but half the size. I have owned both kinds, and Lakelands are awesome.
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