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A little late, but still interesting. Google has announced that the source for Android is now available. Google have kept up their end of the bargain and the source is out there for all to view, it’s a interesting prospect with the G1 release just around the corner. I know that quite a few hackers out where will be tinkering with Android for the next couple of weeks, maybe even have some interesting developments for the G1 launch.

Now that the source is out there, I wonder what the response the other platform developers will have. I suspect Nokia/Symbian to play down Android’s place in the market and RIM to wave away the benefits of open source. I have to wonder, HTC are releasing the G1 and now Google has released the source. Will users be able to flash update their version of Android? Or will they be bound to the operators/HTCs distribution of the software? If users are allow to keep up with the latest and greatest developments for the platform I suspect the big players will start to sweat a little. Only time will tell, but it’s starting to look good.