Well after the buzz created by Apple’s i-Phone in the mobile phone market, the next seems to be created by Google’s so called Android phone. But what actually is this android. Android is actually a linux-based mobile software platform. The Android platform is actually a free software available under Apache open-source license. Apparently it seems Google is going to use this software as the operating system in mobile phones thus leading way to the birth of Android phones. Google stated that Android phone will have a browser that can lead access to any kind of web content possible to view in a desktop computers browser and will let users use facilities like GPS, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services which cannot be used in phones at present because of the fact that wireless carriers currently offer basic browsers that restrict users to use all the above said services. So the question arises is Google’s mobile platform any better than an existing mobile OS from Palm or Microsoft? Well in that case Google believes open software architecture will allow software developers more flexibility in creating features. Secondly, Android will break the stranglehold that wireless carriers have on bringing new and free applications to customers thereby letting the small players in the mobile industry market to build innovative mobile applications that otherwise might not have reached consumers because the companies lacked the clout to broker deals with wireless carriers. With all these new features available mobile lovers around the globe will be anxiously waiting to get their hands on this revolutionary mobile in the market. But they would have to wait till Google officially releases Android phone which is expected to arrive in the market by summer or fall of this year.