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]
Google Releases Android SDK Beta
News Google, which is leading the 34-company Open Handset Alliance to create the largely open-source Android software stack for mobile devices, already had released an 'early look' software development kit (SDK) in November 2007.
[August 19, 2008, 8:22]
Google Releases Android SDK
Blog Comment In response to the statement that "Google's holding a big-money competition to attract developers to make apps for Android", I have to ask the questions. Why are they offering to pay for these apps at such an early stage in the development of Android?
[November 12, 2007, 23:44]
Google's Android Platform Far More Flexible Than IPhone
Talkback In the long run, the iPhone SDK shortcomings may hurt it in comparison to Android, which does allow background processing.iPhone's lack of (3rd party) background processing will hamstring whole classes of new apps.
[March 28, 2008, 9:19]
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. Screenshots of the preliminary Android SDK can be found on the OHA website, and a YouTube video demonstrating...
[November 13, 2007, 7:02]
Google Gives Glimpse Of Android Software Tools
News The Android software development kit (SDK) includes an interface to the Google Maps service. The user interface shown in the emulator is a "placeholder" that will change in look and feel by the time Android phones ship in the second half of 2008...
[November 13, 2007, 12:12]
Google Android 56.7 MB Of Pure Mobile Opportunity
Blog Don’t be the last one to download the Android SDK; for third-party developers this is a chance to shine. What will you make with your Android SDK? Google Android 56.7 MB of Pure Mobile Opportunity Developers are encouraged to get creative with a...
[November 13, 2007, 19:19]
Google Android Contest Buys Mobile Developer Silence?
Blog Where the massages boards where lit up before, the Android SDK has brought a certain “calm before the storm” to the net. Google Android Contest Buys Mobile Developer Silence? With the start of the Google Android contest in clear view, the...
[November 29, 2007, 11:32]
Google Android: Mobile Open Source Door Kicked Open
Blog Comment Developer will have to code all apps running on Android with C or C++ APIs using Eclipse.the SDK will be very similar to the now defund Palm Foleo or the Nokia Linux Maemo platform. I see 3 options for Android on the table:
[November 6, 2007, 7:46]
Google Android: Mobile Open Source Door Kicked Open
Blog According to Stephen Wellman of InformationWeek.com, “During the press conference, Google's representatives beamed that the upcoming Android SDK and terms of service would be among the "most broad and liberal" in the wireless industry.
[November 5, 2007, 22:23]
Android Maker Talks Mashups And Mobiles
News Google released the software-developer kit, or SDK, for Android and announced that it would set aside $10m (£5m) to give out as prizes to developers who create programs for the new platform. After years of rumours of a Google phone, the search...
[November 22, 2007, 11:51]
Android Devs Less Than Gruntled
Blog I'm starting this petition, to express my personal frustration about the release cycles and the information policy of the Android SDK. If that's how Google treats its developer community - and bearing in mind how wary many operators are about...
[August 14, 2008, 12:56]
Google's Non-paranoid Android
Leader If you were disappointed by Android, the subject of Google's mobile-strategy announcement, then you were hoping for the wrong thing. Google will be happy if Android keeps things that way. Google's immediate task isn't to recruit more networks or...
[November 6, 2007, 14:43]
Android Security Team Appeals To Bug Hunters
News Although Android is not yet deployed on any devices, exploits for the vulnerabilities were tested on an Android emulator included in its software development kit (SDK). The security team behind Google's mobile platform, Android, has tried to raise...
[August 19, 2008, 16:51]
Sprint's Android Lead Retracts Critical Comments
News Also this week, reports emerged that Google was keeping the latest version of the Android software-development kit (SDK) from the majority of Android-focused developers, issuing it only to a select group of 50 developers who have signed non...
[July 18, 2008, 14:34]
IPhone Gets Wireless Outlook Synchronisation
News The security implications of this are not yet totally clear, although some experts have suggested that the more open approach adopted by Google's Android mobile platform might make that environment more secure.
[November 9, 2007, 10:10]
HTC To Make First Android Handset
News Technical details of the device are currently scarce — many aspects of the platform will only become apparent when the Android software developer kit (SDK) is released next week — but Seiche hinted that "it's fair to say that touchscreens are...
[November 6, 2007, 11:08]
Google Confirms Its Mobile Linux Plans
News Google has announced its long-anticipated cellular play: a mobile-phone software stack called Android. According to a statement released by Google on Monday, Android incorporates an "operating system, middleware [the software that sits between the...
[November 5, 2007, 17:03]
Mobile Consortium Releases First Linux Platform
News Unlike Google's Android project, which is a complete software stack, LiMo's is a middleware platform, allowing members of the consortium to add their own proprietary applications on top. According to Shikiar, a full software development kit (SDK...
[March 31, 2008, 16:28]
Mobile Device Convergence - Is Gaming On Phone Devices A Step To Far?
Blog Dave: but it all depends on whether the manufactures build the hardware to support it - the prototype Android devices have been very poor so far Dave: They haven't really done anything for gaming like adding 3D acceleration but they have a solid...
[June 26, 2008, 18:03]
