The Open Handset Alliance has announced a star-studded cast of new members like Sony Ericsson, ARM, Asus and navigation-device maker Garmin. All told, the Android-centric alliance has 14 new members knocking at its doors after the success of the T-Mobile G1.
So far the only other Android device on the market is the recently-announced Kogan Agora by a little-known Aussie handset company. However, 2009 promises a number of devices from big names such as Motorola that has been hiring an army of Android developers to create the first generation of Android phones.
Hopefully these new members will also invest in creating a new proliferation of device types in addition to phones. Garmin could be planning a portable navigation device based on Android or porting their software to run on Android phones. It’s also not clear whether Asus and Toshiba are looking at creating Android phones or using it to create an Android tablet.
Here’s the full list of new Open Handset Alliance members:
- AKM Semiconductor Inc.
- ARM
- ASUSTek Computer Inc.
- Atheros Communications
- Borqs
- Ericsson
- Garmin International Inc.
- Huawei Technologies
- Omron Software Co. Ltd
- Softbank Mobile Corporation
- Sony Ericsson
- Teleca AB
- Toshiba Corporation
- Vodafone
Via OHA Press
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From a 3rd Party developer point of view, the more device manufacturer’s that join Google’s Open Alliance just helps reinforce the opportunity for companies like DataViz. We’ve seen great success with our products on Symbian, Palm, Windows Mobile and Blackberry, and all of the platforms have different pros and cons.
I think we are pretty excited to see what these device manufacturers come up with and hopefully Google’s innovation can be combined with our mobile productivity apps to benefit a new group of customers.
As such, we have recently announced that we will be bringing our mobile Office suite, Documents To Go, and our Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client, RoadSync to Android. If you would like to learn more and follow our progress, please visit http://www.dataviz.com/Android