Doubts Raised Over Android Fragmentation
News Google claimed in November last year that it had made members of the OHA sign a non-fragmentation agreement, in which they promised not to "modify [the Android code] in non-compatible ways". However, a spokesperson for the company told ZDNet.co.uk...
[June 12, 2008, 15:05]
More From Google On Android's 'non-fragmentation Agreement'
Blog Just got a quote back from Rich Miner, "Member of Technical Staff, Google", about that non-fragmentation agreement that Google had all the members of the Open Handset Alliance sign to make sure that Android's code doesn't go forking off all over...
[November 13, 2007, 10:02]
Google 'guarantees' Android Compatibility
News Google and its Open Handset Alliance have released the preliminary software development kit (SDK) for their new mobile platform, Android. Google's spokesperson highlighted the historical dangers of working with Java, the programming language that...
[November 13, 2007, 7:02]
Nokia And The Battle For Open Source's Soul
Leader The most serious rival to the SF is the OHA's Android, which theoretically has a significant lead in the race for mobile open source — its first handsets are due at the end of this year or the start of 2009, and the SF will only deliver in 2010.
[June 24, 2008, 17:24]
Symbian - The Whiff Of Sour Grapes?
Blog I've held back until now from writing about Symbian's reaction to Google's Android platform, because.well.it's a bit old-hat really. If it does do the Android dance, then Symbian will be in big trouble.
[November 7, 2007, 12:00]
Google Releases Android SDK
Blog As promised, Google has pushed out the preliminary software development kit for its mobile Linux-based software stack, Android. One of the big issues with Android has been the fact that, because a big whack of it falls under the Apache licence...
[November 12, 2007, 16:38]
Adobe Opens Parts Of Flash In Mobile Push
News Java powers many of today's mobile programs, and Java and Linux form the foundation for Google's upcoming Android platform. The Open Screen Project will attempt to address fragmentation by enabling runtime technology to be updated over the air on...
[May 1, 2008, 15:38]
