Google releases Android as opensource .

Google which previously conducted Android developer challenge now has released Android as an open source for developers to modify and add new features to the existing one's.

It is a complete end-to-end software platform that can be adapted to work on any number of hardware configurations.

The phones, which cost 179 dollars, 20 dollars cheaper than the iPhone 3G, go on sale in the United States on Wednesday, in Britain in early November and in other European countries served by telecom carrier T-Mobile in early 2009.

Open source project link

Source : AFP