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Who Will Be The First to Offer a Mobile VoIP Application for Andriod
Today, Google unveiled the Andriod SDK for the Open Handset Alliance. If you have not yet checked it out, watch the video at the end of this post. It is definitely worth your 6 minutes and 24 seconds.
I am not sure if Andriod will revolutionize the mobile phone, but I do think that the release of Andriod spells the ending of an era of closed offerings from cellular carriers and presents a tremendous opportunity for mobile entrepreneurs, especially those in the VoIP space. Given the trouble that many mobile VoIP providers face with cellular providers blocking their applications and the ability to make calls over the phone’s data connection, the presence of an open platform for mobile application development and the expected demand from the general public, mobile VoIP providers now have an ally.
Andriod is an ally in that if cellular providers are going to support the platform (which they eventually will have to do), they lose much of the control as to what applications consumers can use. The harder it is for the cellular provider to control what is installed on the handset, the harder it becomes to block certain applications and services. Expect to see a plethora of mobile VoIP applications pop up for the Andriod SDK. Question now is, “Who will be first?”
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If you heard a strange sound this afternoon, it was the incumbent wireless carriers crapping themselves. If Google wins the FCC auction, they will own the wireless industry in the US - I predict a joint bid with a handset vendor or group.
This is great for consumers.
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