Google announced today that it’s leading this alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers, etc. etc. Mobile phones based on Google’s software are not expected to be available until H2 2008.

It will fascinating to see how this alliance unfolds, and whether we get what’s promised, or whether the alliance will crumble under the weight of the established industry leaders, that are not part of this alliance, or indeed the sheer number of members.

My prediction: it won’t work, because this kind of industry needs opinionated vision, not a committee. Besides, by the time the software is available and reliable, we won’t be talking about mobile phones anymore: it’ll be the computers that will become mobile, and the software that this alliance will offer will appear dated in comparison.