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The
Open Handset Alliance
(
OHA
) is a
consortium
of 84 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
,
Nvidia
, and
Wind River Systems
.
[1]
[2]
History
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The OHA was established on November 5, 2007, led by
Google
with 34 members,
[1]
including mobile handset makers,
application
developers, some
mobile network operators
and chip makers.
[3]
Android
, the flagship software of the alliance, 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), BlackBerry (BlackBerry OS), OpenAtom Foundation (OpenHarmony), Eclipse Foundation (Oniro OS) and Huawei (HarmonyOS).
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.
[4]
[5]
Products
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At the same time as the announcement of the formation of the Open Handset Alliance on November 5, 2007, the OHA also unveiled
Android Open Source Project
, an
open-source
mobile phone platform based on the
Linux
kernel.
[1]
An early look at the
SDK
was released to developers on November 12, 2007.
[6]
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,
[7]
and became available on October 22 of that year.
[8]
Members
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The members of the Open Handset Alliance are:
Joining date
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Network operators
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Software developers
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Component manufacturers
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Device manufacturers
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Other
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November 2007
[9]
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December 2008
[10]
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May?June 2009
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September 2009
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January 2010
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May 2010
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July 2010
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November 2010
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June 2011
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July 2011
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Date unknown
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See also
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References
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- ^
a
b
c
"Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices"
. Open Handset Alliance. November 5, 2007
. Retrieved
November 5,
2007
.
- ^
"Alliance FAQ"
.
Open Handset Alliance
. Retrieved
August 16,
2022
.
- ^
"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
.
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"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"
?通加入谷歌手机?盟???Android手机
.
Sina Corporation
(Press release) (in Simplified Chinese). May 17, 2009
. Retrieved
August 16,
2022
.
- ^
"SVOX announces its joining of the Open Handset Alliance"
. SVOX. May 27, 2009. Archived from
the original
on June 15, 2009
. Retrieved
October 2,
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. Archived from
the original
on July 15, 2010
. Retrieved
May 3,
2010
.
- ^
"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
.
- ^
"ZTE to launch Android handsets this quarter"
. ZTE. January 15, 2010.
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"Sasken joins Open Handset Alliance"
. SASKEN. January 22, 2010. Archived from
the original
on December 2, 2013
. Retrieved
January 28,
2010
.
- ^
"NXP Software Joins the Open Handset Alliance"
(PDF)
. NXP. May 18, 2010.
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"Access Joins the Open Handset Alliance"
. Access. July 29, 2010. Archived from
the original
on December 2, 2010.
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"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.
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"Open Handset Alliance Members Mobile Operators"
. December 27, 2010.
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