Kyocera hops aboard Android bandwagon
Published: 22 Oct 2008 12:56 BST
Kyocera Wireless is building a mobile phone powered by Android, in a move that increases the clout of Google's newly open-source operating system.
Wind River Systems, an embedded-computing specialist that has increased its staff to help manufacturers support Android, said on Tuesday that it is providing engineering services to help incorporate the software from the 34-member Open Handset Alliance that has collectively built Android so far.
Several other phone manufacturers — HTC, Motorola, Samsung and LG Electronics — are already alliance members, but Kyocera's Android endorsement shows the technology is expanding beyond that initial group of supporters.
Wind River provides its own "commercial-grade" version of Linux for Android and has partnerships with Texas Instruments, NEC Electronics and STMicroelectronics to provide support for their hardware. It is not clear when Kyocera's Android-based products will be available, but Wind River's Android software is scheduled to become available in the first half of 2009.
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