Android Architecture Airs Its Secrets…

Peek inside the two primary printed-circuit boards (PCBs) inside the premier Google mobile handset offering! Reverse engineers ripped out the cell phone's physical keyboard in order to uncover interesting facts about the PCBs including a thorough identification of the manufacturers involved and the technologies adopted. What does Google's Gphone have in common with Apple's iPhone? How does Android compare to the iPhone architecture? Will the open source approach pay off?

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