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Android 1.6: a better experience
Blog Overnight, T-Mobile pushed out the Android 1.6 'Donut' update to my G1. Android 1.6 is an incremental update concentrating on usability improvements. A gem of an idea: Android 1.6's battery usage indicator
[October 22, 2009, 16:46]
Android security team appeals to bug hunters
News The security team behind Google's mobile platform, Android, has tried to raise its profile among security researchers by appealing for their vigilance in monitoring the platform. In an email to the popular Full Disclosure mailing list, the Android...
[August 19, 2008, 16:51]
Android Development Tools (ADT)
Downloads If you will be using the Eclipse IDE as your environment for developing Android applications, you can install a custom plugin called Android Development Tools (ADT), which adds integrated support for Android projects and tools.
[September 23, 2008, 6:57]
Android gets voice search in Google Maps
News Google has updated the version of Google Maps found on its Linux-based Android software platform to include voice search, along with a bug fix and a new feature. Android is designed for mobile devices such as phones, and several hardware makers are...
[June 16, 2009, 16:13]
Android devs less than gruntled
Blog Yet more discouraging news on the Android front. I'm starting this petition, to express my personal frustration about the release cycles and the information policy of the Android SDK. We appreciate the enthusiasm of our developers and we're excited...
[August 14, 2008, 12:56]
Android: The Vehicle that Shall Take Us to The Virtual Parallel Universe
Talkback Android: The Vehicle that Shall Take Us to The Virtual Parallel Universe. Thank you for writing this piece and adding support to my prediction that Google has a long term business plan of implementing a "virtual parallel universe business model...
[November 9, 2007, 16:33]
Android slips onto YouTube (possibly)
Blog Is this the HTC Dream, bearing Google's Android OS? According to the chap who uploaded this clip to YouTube, it's genuine, but frankly I don't have the foggiest. It does look like an intriguing device though - touch plus keyboard is a winning...
[August 11, 2008, 15:42]
Android modders to cut Google Apps out of ROM
Blog The maker of CyanogenMod, a modified version of Google's Android mobile operating system, is to distribute the product without proprietary Google Apps included. Google complained that, while Android itself is open source and therefore entirely...
[September 28, 2009, 17:25]
Android lays low at Mobile World Congress
News Mobile World Congress in Barcelona could have been an opportunity for Android to show progress, but Google's open-source operating system made only a limited showing. Google has high hopes for Android, which the company launched in an effort to...
[February 20, 2009, 11:51]
Android on PC gets new input
News Android then runs directly from the CD, leaving the user's hard disk unchanged. The system is based on Android 1.5 and is designed to work on x86 systems, such as desktop PCs or netbooks. Android is Google's Linux-based operating system for mobile...
[July 8, 2009, 16:09]
Symbian: Android is not open, it's a marketing label
News Google jumped into the mobile world just over two years ago with the public announcement of its mobile OS platform Android, while the newly created Symbian Foundation is reworking various flavours of the proprietary Symbian OSes into one, unified...
[February 24, 2009, 8:41]
Android phone takes 20pc of T-Mobile contracts
News The G1 Android handset now accounts for 20 percent of T-Mobile's contract sales, the operator revealed in its latest financial results. The successful launch of the Android-based G1 in October and the ongoing demand for mobile broadband services...
[March 3, 2009, 9:00]
Android may spread beyond phones
News The first phone using Google's Android operating system will debut on Tuesday, a model from T-Mobile, and more are set come. But some Android partners say the software will be used more broadly than just phones.
[September 23, 2008, 8:28]
Android maker talks mashups and mobiles
News After years of rumours of a Google phone, the search giant finally unleashed its mobile play: an alliance of handset makers and an open software platform dubbed Android. Google released the software-developer kit, or SDK, for Android and announced...
[November 22, 2007, 11:51]
Android developer phone gets an update
News Google has issued an update for the unlocked version of the Android phone, which is made specifically for developers. The company said on Monday that owners of the Android Developer Phone 1 (ADP1) will now be able to get the 1.1 version of the...
[March 11, 2009, 7:25]
Android developers get native-code kit
News A native application development kit has been released for Android developers, offering a way to create certain kinds of high-performing applications for handsets running the platform. Android applications run through the Dalvik virtual machine...
[June 26, 2009, 12:36]
Android-powered netbooks predicted for 2009
News Android-powered netbooks will emerge in 2009, analysts are predicting. While Linux netbook sales are increasingly lagging Windows ones, the analyst reckons Android could help reverse the trend. Linux vendors should focus on "specialised...
[March 19, 2009, 8:06]
Analyst: Android handsets set to overtake iPhones
News The iPhone's lead over smartphones based on Android is set to be short-lived, new research indicates. Android smartphone sales will outstrip iPhone sales by 2012, a report by industry watchers Informa Telecoms & Media has predicted.
[March 9, 2009, 8:53]
Microsoft's plan to take on iPhone, Android
News In that time, Palm has gone back to the drawing board and reinvented itself with the WebOS-based Pre, while the iPhone and Android have entered the market and even Research In Motion has arguably done more to capture consumer interest than has...
[August 20, 2009, 10:55]
Android gets Voda, Sony Ericsson, ARM and more
Blog By joining the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance, the following companies demonstrate their support for Android as an open mobile platform and their commitment to its commercial success. On the plus side, this increases Android's...
[December 9, 2008, 17:07]
