As far as I knew, this was the goal of the Open Handset Alliance -- build a technology called Android that other members could use in the development of their o

As far as I knew, this was the goal of the Open Handset Alliance -- build a technology called Android that other members could use in the development of their own technologies. Android was always supposed to sit in the background -- somewhat similarly to how WebKit works. It's not "WebKit", it's Chrome, Safari, Opera Browser, etc etc. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but "Android" is a brand that strikes me as not appealing to the masses.