Google's Mobile Challenge

R. Ravi, associate dean of intellectual strategy and Carnegie Bosch Professor of Operations Research and Computer Science, anaylzes the broad reach of Google's Open Handset Alliance. Google's announcement included 34 partners from around the world covering providers, manufacturers and applications developers. The search giant said it hoped the alliance would be the foundation for a new kind of mobile communications experience, with applications and capabilities unimaginable today. Ravi discusses the strategy and implications of Google's effort.

Here is Ravi's complete conversation on Google's Open Handset Alliance (26:53 minutes).




Ravi pinpoints the implications for the mobile phone market in this excerpt (4:03).




Ravi outlines possible applications an open-source environment could inspire. (3:55).




Ravi reviews how security and privacy are paramount concerns (3:26).




Ravi sums up what is truly disruptive about Google's announcement (1:22).