The official release of a competitor Android

While all public attention is focused on the loud announcement of the Android mobile operating system from the Open Handset Alliance industry group led by Google, the Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) alliance has prepared its own version of the Linux mobile standard for release. Work on LiPS Release 1.0 has been going on since 2005, and a preliminary version of the specifications was released back in June, long before Android, which is why it is rightfully considered the first Linux standard for phones.



The non-profit project LiPS is conceptually different from the development of Google, Open Handset Alliance, LiMo and other corporate alliances. In contrast, the LiPS forum sets the task of creating a truly open and universal standard. The specific differences between the real LiPS standard and the de facto Android standards (which will be released under the Apache 2.0 license) are explained in this document .



A number of new components have been added to LiPS Release 1.0 compared to the June release, including the API for telephony, instant messaging, calendar, presence status, as well as new interface elements.

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via LinuxDevices.com