Google’s mobile team won’t be giving Android any special treatment. According to Ann Mei Cheng, head of Google’s mobile engineering team, Android will be treated just like any other mobile operating system. “We will certainly make sure that Google products run as well on Android as anything else.”

Speaking at Google’s London headquarters, Mrs. Chen stated that Android is “just another device”, adding that “the mobile team is separate from the Android team.”

Google is currently trying to convince handset makers to pre-install their mobile search applications on the devices. Many believe that Google’s involvement with Android could harm their relationship with Nokia and other device makers. Nokia however, seems to be genuinely interested in co-operating with Google. “We’ve had a very frank discussion with Nokia,” says Christian Hernandez, involved with European partnerships at Google. “Nokia is morphing from a hardware company to an internet company: it realises that it has to partner with us.” Hernandez even speculates that Nokia may adopt Android on its handsets.

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