That Android philosophy is to make it easy and free for software developers to write wildly cool applications that will run on any Android-based phone. But just the thought of Google giving away free phones and service got the regular phone players to cooperate in Google's plan. Actually, it's very unlikely that making phone hardware and all the hassles of building or operating a phone service network would fit into Google's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model. At least they aren't telling anyone, if they do have such plans. Google does not make a mobile phone or offer mobile phone service, and it doesn't plan to do so.
That would be a great day for mobile phone users because, as everyone knows, Google offers all of its products for free! The greedy, extortionate phone companies would face competition and the cost of cell phone service would plummet. Technology pundits speculated that Google was going into the mobile phone business. Google was buying everything in sight back then, but the purchase of Android started an enormous rumor mill churning. Android was the only product of a company called Android, which was acquired by Google in 2005. It's based upon the Linux operating system and it's designed specifically for mobile phones. Simply put, Android an operating system, like Windows or Mac OS.
