It looks like my mobile blog posts never made it to blogger this weekend. I'm not too happy with my T-Mobile right now.
But, on the other hand, T-Mobile has been named as one of the top US mobile companies linked to the Google-led Open Handset Alliance, I might just have to stay with them for a while longer.
For those of you who don't know, it looks like Google is entering the mobile phone market with a new open source smartphone operating system. Here's a good overview of the OHA from Gizmodo.
I think this OHA could be huge. One of the major handset manufacturers aligned with Google is HTC, maker of many critically acclaimed smartphones, all of which are using Windows Mobile currently. A new, free, operating system would mean the same caliber of phone, but without the added cost of the operating system thrown on to the phone.
Throw in all of Google's apps (gmail, gcal, blogger, search) that everyone's already using, and you have a mobile-stay-in-touch device for the consumer. For the person who doesn't need all of the business apps found on a Blackberry or a Palm Treo. And for those that do, Google's got Docs.
As if that wasn't enough, the whole idea of the OHA is not to invent and market one phone, branded by Google, but rather to perfect an operating system that is flexible enough to drive a text/IM centric phone or a document/presentation heavy business phone. And everything in between. This is going to mean the potential for thousands of different phones. If you don't like the first Google phone to come your way, or if it doesn't fit every need you're going to have, then wait.
I for one am excited. I'll be very interested in seeing what the OHA starts rolling out in the middle of 2008.