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The Open Handset Alliance - the band of companies that supports Google's Android software platform - has made the sourcecode for Android available for download for the first time. The Alliance has set up the Android Open Source Project to manage open source licensing, using the Apache 2.0 process.

While HTC is the first handset maker to launch an Android device, the G1 for T-Mobile, others are likely to follow quickly now that developers can get their hands on sourcecode and start rolling out apps. Motorola has a phone in the works, and Japan's Kyocera this week said it had started work on an Android phone for the CDMA market. The G1 goes on sale in the US today.

Wind River Systems announced it will provide an implementation of Android that will include its own version of Linux, which is very low footprint, reflecting the company's heritage in real time systems. Its software may be well suited to low footprint, low power handsets and will be available in the first half of next year. It will be used in the Kyocera device.

Google is also adding a security software suite from Mocana to Android. The software, called NanoPhone, builds security algorithms into Android smartphones and Monaca claims it will support "BlackBerry-like" wireless protection and make Android acceptable to enterprises. Mocana's software security suite is currently used on 18 host operating systems.

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