Android: One Multitasking Operating System
2009-04-01
Former Apple designer Mark Hamblin is tinkering with Google and partners' Android so it can work in a slew of gadgets other than wireless phones
By Olga Kharif - BusinessWeek, April 1st, 2009
When Google (GOOG) and its partners first unveiled plans for the Android operating system, they billed it as software that would run mobile phones. That mission was accomplished the following year with the late 2008 release of T-Mobile's G1 phone. More Android-enabled handsets are on the way. But before long, you may be seeing Android in a lot of other electronic devices. Just ask Mark Hamblin, who helped design the original touchscreen for the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. Now the CEO of Touch Revolution, Hamblin is tinkering with Android so it can work in a slew of gadgets other than wireless phones. In late 2009, Touch Revolution plans to introduce a remote control and a touchscreen land-line home phone that will be powered by Android. Also in the works from Hamblin's company: touchscreen menus for restaurants, Android-based medical devices, and a 15-in. kitchen computer where family members can leave messages for one another.
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