Ed Shaig – welcome who is here: Eric Schmidt: Overview 3 blliion users. Getting Google on there. Want to create a new experience with android platform. Not a Gphone. There is no suuch thing – there will be many devices. (Obviously reading this from a script) Major platform change Consumers have access to desktop type applications and new applications we can’t even imagine
Renee Olberman from T-Mobile Mobile Web and Walk throughout Europe Social Networks Launch a device on Android in US and Europe in 2008 better than Internet experience. details coming in coming months engage with developers social networking things that haven’t been invented Peter Chow CEO of HTC HTC – is focussed on delivering One size doesn’t fit all quick and easy fuctionality HTC and google share vision integration of Hardware and software – Android. New category of mobile device 2nd 1/2 of 2008 releasing a line of Mobile devices on the platform Paul Jacobs CEO of Quallcom has been in Android for over a year optimizing multimedia on 7000 series chipsets Snapdragon chipset fast and efficient 3d Graphics, Mobile TV, GPS, etc etc all in one chipset Usergenerated content seamlessly integrated. Wireless is about experience, not carriers or hardware. Ed Zander CEO of Motorola 20 years ago talked with Eric Schmidt about this announcement is about OPEN everything organically connected to each other and the Internet Product and applications for OHA Effort will drive innovation. Bill Wang from China Mobile in Bejing Will develop co branded Android headsets – 340million subscribers Seregy Brin – Founder of Google 10 years ago in a cubicle at Stanford Tools allowed them to build Google Linux, Python, Apache etc allowed them to do innovative things Today, new open system Todays mobile devices are more powerful than the big iron they used to found Google on with faster connections available Q&A to handset manufacturers – are you going to discontinue using other systems? HTC- no – we will use other OSes(MSMobile 6) – will drive industry Motorola – Zander – we luv Linux. we still have commitments but Linux is where are heart is Qualcom – growth is in Linux but will support all. Competition? Andy Rubin – software is available in 1 week. IT is wide open for everyone to play with WSJ – Google takes it from here? Advertising/Services/Google Brand? No advertising for awhile – will be similar Financial Times – GPhone? no FAZ Germany – did you ask Apple, RIM etc to join alliance? Google: IT is an open alliance RCR News – just for smartphones or regular phones as well HTC – no details to give – but no reason to have regular phones anymore Qualcom – smartphone will be sthe same price Chicago Tribune – what is different about apps Eric Schmidt – special engineering – Browser is the Platform. Other apps as well “Android” Name – Lifeless? Rubin – that was the name of my company. openhandsetalliance.com Google Phone ever? skirts issue. Will be 100s of Gphones – the SDK is available next week? Wireless Week: more detail on OS? Relation to existing community next week we’ll make announcements next week – it is linux based Mr. Schmidt board of Apple – conflict – specs of Mobile Phone that android will need not just phones – other stuff too 200mhz Arm 9 processor. all different screens and input devices Seattle Times – differences between this and WM9/Symbian – worried about fragmentation Open Open Open. We think that open will trump others test will be developers emerge Washington Post – Carriers can modify capabilities? Minimum capabilities Apache V2 license. Skirts issue Reuters – How many phones will ship? Too early to make the decision… PC Mag – Open Source protects users from the Manufacturers and carriers Industry will decide Locked devices will be unlikely because of competition NYTimes – Advertising will change? Tmobile – no Daily Telegraph – iPhone in UK – to unsurp iPhone? its open for everyone Gphone? no announcement Look and Feel? Amazing – shown next week. SDK – early look – Hosted services will make this easy Bloomberg – Open Social coincidence? Eric Schmidt – yes it is coincidence – but these 2 things are monstrously compatible. Thanks everyone – http://www.openhandsetappliance.com
