A few of the world’s biggest mobile phone companies have collaborated with Google in order to formulate an open platform for mobile devices permitting creators to work together without any difficulty to power various new cell phone products.

The new Open handset alliance named ‘Android,’ includes Google together with T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and China Mobile.

Android’s major task is to make technologies, which will lessen the developing and distributing mobile devices and services cost.

It will make a “mobile software stack,” which comprises an operating system, middleware, accessible interface and applications programmes.

The users should anticipate the availability of the initial Android-based cell phones by the second half of 2008.

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said the affiliation will let loose the mobile technology prospective for mobile users throughout the world.

Schmidt said, “A fresh approach to fostering innovation in the mobile industry will help shape a new computing environment that will change the way people access and share information in the future.”

“Today’s announcement is more ambitious than any single ‘Google Phone’ that the press has been speculating about over the past few weeks. Our vision is that the powerful platform we’re unveiling will power thousands of different phone models,” he added.

Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder reflected deeply that how he and Larry Page used whatever open software existed in 1997 to give rise the advancement that resulted in Google’s continution.

Mr. Brin said, “As I look at it and reflect 10 years ago I was sitting in a small grad student cubicle with fellow students and we were able to build incredible things. We had a set of tools that allowed us to do that, all the great open technologies of the time based on Linux, Python, Apache and HTML.”

“All those pieces allowed us to do great new innovative things and distribute them to the world. That’s what we’re doing today. We’re creating an open system to distribute all the code and allow people to innovate on today’s mobile devices. Today’s devices are more powerful than the big iron I was using 10 year ago. I can’t wait to see what the next generation of innovators can do with these tools,” Mr. Brin added.

Ed Zander, chief executive of Motorola explained, “Motorola has been advocates of open software platforms and this announcement is not about any one vendor’s product. It is an open source that can be used to create multiple products from multiple providers. This initiative will bring a rich consumer experience more rapidly to the market than ever seen before. It will result in mobile devices that are more engaging and easier to use.”

Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm said, “The wireless internet is opening up opportunities for the entire industry. It is time to focus on growing the pie rather than cutting it up. This initiative offers the potential for many different operating systems and operating environments to be supported on mobile handsets.”