Georgina Prodhan and John Bowker writing for Reuters state that “British chip designer ARM will demonstrate a prototype of Google Inc’s Android mobile phone platform in action next week at the world’s biggest wireless fair, a source close to the company said.
It was not immediately clear on Thursday what the working model that ARM plans to show at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona would look like or who would supply the parts.
Google plans to deploy phones and services using the Android platform commercially in the second half of this year.
Google and ARM declined to comment on the report.
Google established an alliance of more than 30 carriers, handset makers, software firms and chipmakers in November to develop Android, which is based on open-source software and designed to make the Internet work better on mobile phones.
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile and Taiwan’s High Tech Computer Corp (HTC) have said that they plan to offer phones based on the Android platform this year.
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