Else Intuition

Else Intuition

I was sitting with my first coffee cup reading computer related news at one of my favourite sites, Engadget, when I saw that ACCESS finally was showing of a phone running their operating system.

First problem, the newsupdate contains no newsworthy information except from the picture. Just see how Engadget struggled:

“Linux-based mobile platform that comes with such a hyperbolic press release that we can’t help but think every other mobile manufacturer should just pack up and go home. It’s said to match the functionality of “top ranked MP3 players, best-in-class GPS devices, and more, while maintaining an exceptional ease and simplicity of use.”

The information in the pres srelease can best be said to be the marketing department at play. So off I went to Access’ web pages to find further information. Started with looking through the press release, just to make sure that it actually said nothing. I then visited the product page, which made me even more concerned. The only thing I could find was a refined version of Google’s Android OS, and the only thing special with Access Linux Platform 3.0 (ALP) seemed to be that is comes with Access own NetFront browser. If you visit the product page, make sure to have a look at their presentation of Android OS, I mean ALP! And if that wasn’t enough, earlier this week we got the first screenshots of Android 2.0 over at The Boy Genius Report. I have only grabbed one screenshot, and you can see the rest of them in the article Android 2.0 screenshots.

It should be needless to say, that the similarities are many, perhaps to many. And that the similarities raise the question, do we need ALP at all? I can only conclude with NO!