At it's unveiling at the IFA in Berlin to Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin the projects manager, Dimitry Mikhailov, claimed the new version of Android is un hackable and has all the features of Android as we know it but that it won't send any data to Google.
Although only available for the Russian top brass right now a tablet running a slimmed down version will go on sale to the public later this year for $460. Perhaps by then some enterprising developer will figure out how to put this on to some of the popular smart phones, while this will of course appeal to the foil hat brigade the Russians own reasons for making this, that they are concerned their data may be leaked from Googles servers and therefore compromise their privacy, is a valid one.It may seem overly paranoid, and perhaps it is, but then as the old saying goes "it's not paranoia if their really after you". So, for those who prefer it the Google free Android experience is on its way.
And for those curious about the Android logo used for this article, it's a rather neat twist from Richard Racz on the traditional Google version.
