Google’s Android debuts in Barcelona
Google is hoping Android will become the dominant operating system for mobile phones. It is designed to improve the quality of the Internet experience on handsets.
"We are seeing a number of technology companies demonstrating how Android will operate on their technology," Google spokesman Barry Schnitt told AFP on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress. "Clearly momentum is building."
Google announced a 34-member group called the "Open Handset Alliance" in November last year to develop Android, including China Mobile, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, Telefonica, LG and eBay.
ARM, Marvell, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, NEC, ST Microelectronics were showing prototypes today, the companies and sources confirmed.
"We're demonstrating a prototype of Android," a spokesman for ARM told AFP.
US chip maker Texas Instruments is to demonstrate another prototype phone later today in public.
Analysts say the establishment of Android as the industry standard would enable Google to become the key search engine on mobile phones, enabling it to earn advertising revenues.
The first Android-enabled phone is expected to go on sale in the second half of this year.
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