US software developer A La Mobile is today releasing the first suite of mobile applications based on Google’s Android operating system, according to a USA Today report. A La Mobile is a startup that has previously worked on open source Linux-based mobile applications and says that the Android platform is a step towards an open mobile software industry, with its new suite a demonstration of the accessibility of Android.

The suite has been loaded by A La Mobile on to a HTC Qtek 9090 smartphone, with HTC one of the 34 firms that has signed up to Google’s Open Handset Coalition to create Linux-based phones intended for open-source software. The applications loaded include a Google Internet browser, phone dialling software, integrated Google Maps software, an audio player, camera software and desktop applications such as a calendar, notepad, calculator and solitaire games. A La Mobile says it hopes the public demonstration of the software will be picked up by commercial handset manufacturers and included in new models early in the year. An ‘official’ Android-based phone is expected to be launched by the coalition in the second half of the year, but Google’s release of the Android software development kit has independent developers such as A La Mobile already creating suites intended for commercial use, with coalition members Sprint and T-Mobile expected to examine promising offerings.