What an app on Google's Android might look like
Valleywag is reporting that start-up WhatsOpen.com has written the first wireless app for Google's new Android mobile platform.
It's still under wraps, but the report says WhatsOpen.com offers a Web application that shows people nearby stores that are open for business.
Valleywag has screenshots of what it says are the first wireless app written for Google's Android mobile platform.
(Credit: Valleywag)Valleywag has screenshots that show that the application appears to use a Google map mashup to display stores that are open in your area. It also looks like it includes user written reviews.
Looks like a no-brainer to me; who wouldn't want to get that kind of information on a phone based on your location? Especially if it's easily searchable and displayed on a map.
No word back from Google or WhatsOpen.com about it.
Google announced Android on Monday and said a software developer's kit would be released next week and handsets running Android would reach the market mid-2008.
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor. 
