What an app on Google's Android might look like

Elinor Mills | Nov 09, 2007

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 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.

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