Open Handset Alliance

The OHA call today included the key players driving the Open Handset Alliance (Google, T-Mobile, HTC and Motorola).

Guests included; Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Andy Rubin, Director of Mobile Platforms, Google; René Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, parent company of T-Mobile; Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corp.; Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm; and Ed Zander, Chairman and CEO of Motorola.

Two key takeaways were; Googles new Android platform is NOT an enterprise play, and the goal is to improve the consumer experience.

They did confirm that Android is being supported by 34 companies in the Open Handset Alliance.

Theie goal is to deliver more desktop-like applications and services on your cell phone with a more rapid development cycle.

The planned release is summer of 2008. However, Google did say that their core software and SDK will be available next week. Lets look under that hood!

Further more, no one on the call confirmed the good-ole gPhone. Its coming soon is my bet! Nor did they mention if carriers will lock the platform down and make it unavailable for end-user customization.

You can bet many people will have comment on this SDK when it's released next week-stay tuned.