The Open Handset Alliance, a group of companies, cell phone makers and service providers which pledged support for Google’s Android platform, has announced that they’ve added 13 new members to their roster. Among the new companies are several Chinese telcos and chipmakers. The total number of members is now at around 65.

Sony Ericsson had a terrible year so far. At some point we had some rumors saying that Sony and Ericsson are going to break up. Well they haven’t done that yet and, even better than that, Sony Ericsson has announced it’s intention to join the Open Handset Alliance. Will an Android handset arrive in 2009? [...]

Android is going places. The OS seems to be quite appreciated by various companies from the mobile world. The Open Handset Alliance has just received 14 more members: AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co. Ltd, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, [...]

It’s official: there’s no Gphone coming out of Google’s stables. Instead, Google announced Andriod and the Open Handset Alliance. Calling Android an open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices, Andy Rubin, the Director of Mobile Platforms at Google claimed that it provides all the software to run a mobile phone – the operating system, user [...]