Sure it’s an outrageous idea. But…
- Google and Apple cooperate in many areas.
- The CEO of Google is on Apple’s board.
- Google has no desire to compete with Apple. Selling gadgets isn’t part of Google’s business plan. It’s in the information/advertising business. Apple is in the gadget business.
- Android phones will allegedly be available in the second half of 2008.
Steve Jobs is apparently revealing the next version of iPhone on June 9 for sale end/June or early/July.
What if the next iPhone was a dual-OS system, with both Mac and Android?
Sure, it’s unlikely, especially since ATT, currently the only carrier in the U.S. authorized to use the iPhone, just recently said they were looking at offering Android phones.
And two operating systems on a cellphone might be too cumbersome and space-demanding.
An iPhone that also runs Android would be a true killer. It would also possibly piss off a lot of hardware manufacturers who are involved in the Open Handset Alliance. But Android is supposedly available for, and to, anyone, and those manufacturers too will have their chance to turn out stunning Android-equipped handsets. By the very concept of the OHA, no company should/will be restricted from using Android, whether they’re currently members of OHA or not. So Apple could hardly be not allowed to use Android.
Offering an Android Too version would make Apple’s iPhone a must have, and absolutely cause sales of the iPhone, currently declining, to explode.
Are there technical obstacles? Probably. Not my area.
But wouldn’t it be cool?
UPDATE: June 11, 2008
Well, the fact that Android on the iPhone was a far-fetched idea was confirmed by Steve Job’s info on the new iPhone 3G. Nevertheless, I haven’t given up on the idea and was intrigued to notice someone on one of the techie websites hoping that someone writes an application that allows iPhone to run the Linux-based Android platform.
