Android Creator Andy Rubin Reportedly Wants to Make His Own Android Phones
Andy Rubin, estranged father of the world’s most popular smartphone operating system, is reportedly gearing up to launch his own Android hardware startup. Andy Rubin making smartphones! It could happen!
According to The Information, Rubin has been trying to raise money to start a hardware company to produce phones. As the report points out, the open Android platform is relatively accessible to upstarts. Just think, had you heard of Huawei and OnePlus two years ago?
The report falls more or less in line with other known facts. Rubin “stepped down” from his role as the head of Android development two years ago, under what appeared to be less-than amicable circumstances. He left the company altogether last year to work on hardware startups. Here is a hardware startup.
