Abbreviation | OHA |
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Formation | October 10, 2007[1] |
Type | Open mobile platform (Android) development organization |
Legal status | Unknown |
Headquarters | Mountain View, California, U.S. |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership |
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Website | www |
The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a consortium of 84[2] firms to develop open standards for mobile devices. Member firms include HTC, Sony, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Google, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, T-Mobile, Sprint Corporation (now merged with T-Mobile US), Nvidia, and Wind River Systems.[3]
The OHA was established on November 5, 2007, led by Google with 34 members,[3] including mobile handset makers, application developers, some mobile network operators and chip makers.[4] Android, the flagship software of the alliance (first developed by Google in 2007), is based on an open-source license and has competed against mobile platforms from Apple (iOS), Microsoft (Windows Phone), Nokia (Symbian), HP (formerly Palm), Samsung Electronics / Intel (Tizen, bada), and BlackBerry (BlackBerry OS).
As part of its efforts to promote a unified Android platform, OHA members are contractually forbidden from producing devices that are based on competing forks of Android.[5][6]
Products
At the same time as the announcement of the formation of the Open Handset Alliance on November 5, 2007, the OHA also unveiled Android, an open-source mobile phone platform based on the Linux kernel.[3] An early look at the SDK was released to developers on November 12, 2007.[7]
The first commercially available phone running Android was the HTC Dream (also known as the T-Mobile G1). It was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 18, 2008,[8] and became available on October 22 of that year.[9]
Members
The members of the Open Handset Alliance are:
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See also
References
Citations
- ^ "OpenHandsetAlliance.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "Alliance FAQ | Open Handset Alliance". www.openhandsetalliance.com.
- ^ a b c "Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices". Open Handset Alliance. November 5, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
- ^ "Open Handset Alliance members page". Open Handset Alliance. November 5, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
- ^ "Alibaba: Google just plain wrong about our OS". CNET News. September 15, 2012.
- ^ Amadeo, Ron (October 21, 2013). "Google's iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary". Ars Technica. p. 3. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Developers". Open Handset Alliance. November 5, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
- ^ "FCC Approved HTC Dream". Engadget. August 18, 2008.
- ^ Brockman, Joshua (September 24, 2008). "Google Is Calling. Will You Answer?". NPR.
- ^ "Open Handset Alliance Members". October 15, 2008.
- ^ "Open Handset Alliance announces 14 new members". Open Handset Alliance. December 9, 2008.
- ^ "Open Handset Alliance member announcements". Open Handset Alliance. 2009.
- ^ "SVOX announces its joining of the Open Handset Alliance". SVOX. May 27, 2009.
- ^ "Acer announces its joining of the Open Handset Alliance". Acer. June 1, 2009.
- ^ "MIPS Technologies Joins the Open Handset Alliance". MIPS Technologies, Inc. September 30, 2009.
- ^ "Bouygues Telecom devient membre de l'Open Handset Alliance". bboxnews.fr. January 6, 2010. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ "Sasken joins Open Handset Alliance". SASKEN. January 22, 2010.
- ^ "ZTE to launch Android handsets this quarter". ZTE. January 15, 2010.
- ^ "NXP Software Joins the Open Handset Alliance" (PDF). NXP. May 18, 2010.
- ^ "Access Joins the Open Handset Alliance". Access. July 29, 2010. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010.
- ^ "MediaTek Joins the Open Handset Alliance Continuous Commitment to Providing Multimedia-Rich Android Solutions". MediaTek. July 12, 2010. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013.
- ^ "VisualOn Joins the Open Handset Alliance to Enhance the Multimedia Capabilities of the Android Platform". VisualOn. November 9, 2010.
- ^ "Open Handset Alliance Members Mobile Operators". December 27, 2010.
Sources
External links
- Open Handset Alliance official website
- Automotive Grade Linux official website