The hype is wrong, Google Phone isn’t a phone at all. It is actually an open source operating system for mobile phones called Android. But here is the best part. Google has set aside 10 million dollars for developers to create innovative applications for this new operating system. If you want to take part in this innovation opportunity, you can start developing applications for Android right now.

You thought BlackBerry was all the rage… just wait. Android has the ability to once again revolutionize the computing world. Its limitations will be only related to the phone hardware. Do you need more storage on your phone? Just store your large files on the internet. Do you want to play the lasted 3D game? You can, especially if phones begin using 3D acceleration hardware. Want a bigger screen? It won’t be long before phones will start plugging into your TV. If you need to type on a full size keyboard or use a mouse, just use you wireless bluetooth enabled keyboard and mouse. None of this happens over night, but the personal computer of the future could be your phone. This wont replace your work computer, but Google has put together a framework that combined with advances in cellphone technology has the ability to change the way most of us live.

Watch this video to learn more about Android and what it can do.

Here are the key features of Android:

• Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components
• Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile devices
• Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine
• Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the OpenGL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional)
• SQLite for structured data storage
• Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF)
• GSM Telephony (hardware dependent)
• Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent)
• Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer (hardware dependent)
• Rich development environment including a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and performance profiling, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE

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