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More contributions, as more devices are delivered

As more companies start delivering Android devices to the market, there is likely to be a significant increase in contributions to Android outside of Google. These contributions would be changes that companies made, in the process of building their device, that they do not wish to maintain themselves indefinitely. Some exceptions may be changes they made that differentiate or give them a competitive advantage over other Android devices.

Lenovo's OPhone is a good example of how vendors are leveraging Android's open source nature, to create their own user experience. There is a recent video of the OPhone here: http://androidguys.com/?p=4502

Posted by: linuser   Posted on: 04/10/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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