Horace Luke, the chief innovation officer at HTC said yesterday that the Company will have a Google offering in the second half of the year running the Google Android software platform. HTC has also admitted that they have been testing an Adobe Flash offering for the mobile phone however Company insiders said that this is still not ready for commercial release.
The new Google software which, based on the Linux operating system has been developed by Google as a competitor to Symbian and Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
HTC who are a member of the Open Handset Alliance, a 30-strong group of technology companies, handset makers and network operators believe that the Google offering will allow HTC to deliver a faster phone for use on a 3G network. They also believe that a market will develop for third party applications that can be downloaded onto a base mobile software platform.
Luke said "A market is developing for third party applications and in the future mobile platforms will allow for the downloading of applications when needed as opposed to loading several applications that may not be used when the phone is sold".
The advantage for Companies like HTC is that, because Android is developed using "open source" software ? where the code is free to view, use and re-use ? the potential for developing features is limitless, compared with traditional, proprietary platforms.
