MIT students show power of open cell phone systems

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In this rendering provided by the Locale team Locale an application designed for Googles upcoming Android mobile operating system is shown. Locale designed by a team of MIT students lets users configure their phones to automatically adjust their set ...
In this rendering provided by the Locale team, Locale, an application designed for Google's upcoming Android mobile operating system, is shown. Locale, designed by a team of MIT students, lets users configure their phones to automatically adjust their settings when the devices detect themselves in certain zones. (AP Photo/The Locale Team)

(AP) -- What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones that use Google Inc.'s upcoming Android mobile operating system.


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