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There has been a lot of rumour and speculation about the next USA Mobile Operator that will deploy Android in 2009. Lets get ready to be surprised.
First, a lot of Mobile Operators in the USA depend upon directed data services, directed in that something like video casting services earns good data revenue due to its direct marketing through partnerships with video media. For example Verizon Wireless has VCast.
How many know that the PacketVideo did the engineering work for the operating system libs/frameworks that enable vcast on multiple mobile operating systems? In 2007 this is why Packet Video becoming an OHA member was such a big delaas OpenCore is the open source framework to make that happen on Android. Being able to do video in Andrioid SDK 1.5 indicates that OpenCore is full support is close to finalization in the Andorid SDK.
While consumer LBS/GPS is still a future 'Apple-on-the-tree' to be plucked as far as amount of revenue for mobile operators mobile video such as Verizon's vcast is here and now data service revenue that is a sellable data service that sells the handsets. Since OpenCore is now finalizing up in the Andorid SDK via both SDK 1.5 and beyond its just a matterr of time for one USA Mobile Operator past T-Mobile to gear up to deploying Android.
A simple search of indeed.com shows that Verizon is hiring poelep with Android skills and knowledge actually listed in the job ads. Spirnt is also hiring at their KS dev center some Android skilled people for their dev program. In other words the Sprint and Verizson announcements are imminent! There are no comperative job ads for AT and T in hiring Android skilled people at AT and T dev centers.
Now which would you rather do believe the un-informed bullshit in that Huff post or actually deal with reality? In other words that bet you placed in Android in becoming an Android developer is about to pay off. Ignore the BS and prepare yourelf to take advantage when the Verizon and Sprint Andorid announcements come this year.
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