Excerpts from the ManilaTimes.net —

“…Google has opened a battle for dominance of the mobile Internet with a broad alliance of companies backing its “open source” software for mobile devices… The announcement Monday of the “Android” platform aiming to bring the full power of desktop computing to mobile devices represents a challenge to Microsoft and Apple… Greg Sterling, analyst at Search Engine Land, said Google is taking on companies like Microsoft, which has its own Windows Mobile platform for smartphones… Google said the new initiative, which should be available next year, offers first comprehensive mobile operating platform that software developers are free to adapt in any way they wish for video, audio, social networking and other features…“Imagine not just a single Google phone, or gPhone, but thousands of gPhones made by a variety of manufacturers.”-AFP…“

I don’t know about everyone else in the world, but this has long been coming and anticipated. I know after reading about Google’s new venture, I immediately jumped at the opportunity to develop for the new Open Source mobile platform.

The Open Handset Alliance will make the “Android” Software Development Kit available to developers on November 12, 2007. I’ve marked my calendar, have you? (link)