Today was a rattling bounteous period for the Open Handset Alliance as every of the accumulation companies officially connected the Android extremity ranks: AKM Semiconductor, ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc. , Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International, Huawei Technologies, Omron Software, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba Corporation and Vodafone.

People are making a REALLY bounteous care most Sony Ericsson joining, and rightfully so… more Android handsets is what everybody needs and wants and Sony Ericsson is among the world’s maximal manufacturers. Here is the excerpt from Rikko Sakaguchi, CVP and nous of start and Development at Sony Ericsson:

Sony Ericsson is agog to foretell its body of the Open Handset Alliance and support its intention to amend a phone supported on the Android papers We conceive Sony Ericsson crapper alter a riches of undergo in making consumer convergent transmission handsets with newborn individual undergo to the Alliance art on the successes of the Walkman and Cyber-shot sub-brands.  Sony Ericsson is a brawny admirer of unstoppered operative systems and we conceive the Open Handset Alliance offers an elating possibleness for a newborn and unequalled individual undergo exclusive Sony Ericsson crapper deliver.

An engrossing utilization considering that a whatever brief months ago, Sony Ericsson’s CTO said,

“[But] to go with accumulation creation and employed with prototypes are digit assorted things,” he explained. “If you poverty to provide every assist absent to Google, then Android is the amend solution.”

Regardless of the past, eyes are on the forthcoming today and Sony Ericsson isn’t the exclusive consort who module hit a BIG effect as a member of the OHA. Garmin transfer their guidance profession to the papers could be astonishingly advantageous in individual assorted forms:

• A Garmin phone streaming Android, same the Nuvifone
• A non-mobile phone supported device, sacred to GPS navigation
• A guidance covering in Android Market

If you communicate me, every threesome of the above module hap at whatever point, its meet a concern of when. Another engrossing constituent here is Vodafone. That seems to indorse a long accomplish for Android - Vodafone has over 200 Million subscribers. But perhaps MORE interestingly, Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon Wireless and it module be extremely engrossing to wager if this has some personalty at actuation Big Red into the mixing bowl.

One abstract is for sure… Android is substance a combative plus to those who acceptation it and pretty soon, companies module be gift the algid margin at their possess peril.

At the rattling least, this one advise promulgation has accumulated certainty in a HUGE 2009 for Android as ASUS, Borqs, Garmin, Huawei and Sony Ericsson are every probable to promulgation Android Handsets in 2009. Exciting clog ladies and gentlemen… elating stuff.

[Via OHA PR, Pocket Lint]