STEP 2: TAKE OVER THE MOBILE WORLD
Google is indeed putting the final touches on a mobile software environment based on the original Android software base. It’s expected that the software will be released within the next six months on handsets from just about every major carrier.
So, why then, am I unsure of the fallout from this? Because I worry that an open source environment dispatched to millions of hackers could have an eventual impact on my ability to complete the most basic of functions including, you know, phone calls.
I have a sincere geek interest in working on new interface designs and user experiences pertaining to mobile environments, but I also have an interest in creating usable and safe ones as well. In the next year or so, we’ll see how well the phone carriers and, to some extent, Google keep out the hooligans (Is Gooligans trademarked yet?).
Either way, the idea and promise of an open source mobile platform is exciting and new and I want in.