Qualcomm has demonstrated Google’s Android mobile operating system running on its Snapdragon mobile chipsets at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The demonstration runs at WVGA resolution which can support larger displays for mobile computing devices.
Wind River is providing software support for open source Android mobile software running on larger screen-sized mobile phones using the Snapdragon chipsets.
According to Jason Whitmire, general manager of the Mobile segment at Wind River: “Our work will help drive the availability of Android-based mobile computing devices that run at WVGA resolution in the market by allowing device manufacturers to commercialise their products much faster and more easily.”
The Wind River software code will be contributed to the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) repository in the near future.
“Android broke new ground in mobile functionality and user interfaces and Qualcomm believes there is a logical fit between the expanded capabilities of the software and our Snapdragon chipsets for mobile computing devices,” said Mark Frankel, v-p of product management for Qualcomm.
Samsung looks like being the next company to support Google’s bid to enter the mobile phone market.
The one and only handset supporting Google’s operating system, the G1 from HTC of Taiwan, was launched earlier this year. Motorola is also developing a Google phone.
It seems likely that Samsung will introduce next year a mobile phone which runs Google’s Android open source operating system.
This is further evidence that Google’s mobile phone bid is starting to build a serious head of steam in the industry.
Last month, the Android phone operating system gained important support in the form of ARM, Ericsson, Toshiba and Vodafone which all joined the Open Handset Alliance, which supports Android.