Yesterday Garmin signed onto the Open Handset Alliance, developers (along with Google) of the open Android mobile phone platform. Previously, it has appeared that the nuvifone would use a Linux OS. I'm assuming Garmin is way too far along in development to switch to Android now, but perhaps this is where the second generation will head.
One of many concerns for the nuvifone is that it probably won't be open to third-party developers. Apple's iPhone apps have proved incredibly popular, and a move to Android would give the nuvifone access to a large number of third-party applications.
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I definitely think you’re right on with this. I’m curious if this has anything to do with the nuviphone release delay. I’m not sure, but I think a likelier case was the Clearwire’s purchase of Xohm.
Thanks Justin. I enjoy reading your blog, BTW.
Do you realize Andriod runs on Linux?
Yeah, I guess I should have said it has appeared that the nuvifone would be running on a CUSTOM Linux OS. Thanks for catching that.