Sony Ericsson join the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) for Android Platform
Friday 12 Dec 2008
Sony Ericsson has joined the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) along with 13 other new subscribers. They have joined Vodafone, Toshiba, Huawei and Garmin in joining the main backers of Google’s Android platform. Existing members of OHA include big hitters Google, Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Intel, T-Mobile and LG amongst others.
We witnessed the first Android ‘open platform’ in September this year. The Android platform was available on the
T-Mobile G1 handset which was manufactured by HTC and exclusive to T-Mobile only.
Head of creation and development for Sony Ericsson, Rikko Sakaguchi said: “Sony Ericsson is excited to confirm its intention to develop a handset based on the Android platform.
“We believe Sony Ericsson can bring a wealth of experience in making consumer focused multimedia handsets with new user experience to the OHA drawing on the successes of the Walkman and Cyber-shot sub-brands.
“Sony Ericsson is a strong supporter of open operating systems and we believe the OHA offers an exciting opportunity for a new and unique user experience only Sony Ericsson can deliver.”
Sakaguchi added that by joining OHA, Sony Ericsson would be complementing their existing affiliation with other operating systems such as Symbian (
Sony Ericsson W950i,
Sony Ericsson G900) and Windows Mobile (
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1)