Android Creator Andy Rubin Reportedly Wants to Make His Own Android Phones

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Andy Rubin, estranged father of the world’s most popular smartphone operating system, is reportedly gearing up to launch his own Android hardware startup. Andy Rubin making smartphones! It could happen!

According to The Information, Rubin has been trying to raise money to start a hardware company to produce phones. As the report points out, the open Android platform is relatively accessible to upstarts. Just think, had you heard of Huawei and OnePlus two years ago?

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It's odd that the creator of Android still has to raise money to start a smartphone hardware company since I thought he was super rich from creating Android, and working at Google.

I wonder if he will use Kickstarter, or Indiegogo crowd funding to raise money to start an Android Smartphone company.
 
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Hopefully he doesn't ruin his reputation with a bad cell phone.
 
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