Android Receives Warm Welcome in Barcelona

Those in Barcelona were the first to get a good look at the future of wireless communications when Google debuted the first mobile phones fitted with Google’s Android software premiered in Barcelona at an industry trade show, the Mobile World Congress.

The Internet Search Giant initially launched Android last year, but it was the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where Google demonstrated the first showing of the new mobile phone prototype complete with Android software. Among other chip makers showing off new prototype handsets were Qualcomm, NEC, Texas Instruments and Marvell.

Obviously, Google hopes to establish Android as the world standard operating system for mobile phones in an attempt to maintain its dominance as the world’s largest and most visited search engine. Of course, Google’s mission is to improve functionality for web browsing which will inevitably mean more people will use their wireless handsets for Internet surfing and various other applications. Currently, the main competitor for Android is the Apple iPhone which runs on Apple software, and uses Apple applications.

The wireless market is unquestionably the next tier for Google having already established dominance in Internet Search despite growing competition. The end result for Google, if Android is successful, an increasing ability to sell more advertising to the world.

Android is based on open-source code, and was developed by some 30 handset manufacturers, chip makers, and software groups. Because it is based on open-source code, programmers are able to build compatible applications for free, making the entire research and development phase for upgrades less cumbersome for Google as a result.
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