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Written by Jason Oakley
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 07:34 |
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The Open Hand Alliance have released the Android SDK. Download it now and enter the Android Developer Challenge to win $25,000; $100,000 or $275,000!! |
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Written by Jason Oakley
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Sunday, 11 November 2007 13:32 |
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ZenAndGames thinks the Google phone could be the best thing for handset games: Google is promoting Android as a very open platform for anyone to develop on. They’re even releasing a SDK to the public in just a couple weeks from now. If done right this will provide a much more streamlined route to market for many developers and could make indie cell phone game projects much more of a reality. Developers could bypass the draconian system of having to run every application and game idea through the minds at the major phone networks (who generally aren’t game minded folks) which could breath new life into the possibilities for innovation within the cell phone game space. We could quickly go from lots of old arcade game ports and tired platformers to games that are really interesting and push the envelope of design. Also it could lead to much cheaper development on a whole which will also help indie developers who want to get into the cell phone game market. If done right this could make the cell phone much closer to the PC as a game platform and really open up the opportunities for cell phone game developers on a whole. More in the ZenAndGames article. |
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Written by Jason Oakley
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Sunday, 11 November 2007 13:27 |
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PC World has a FAQ page on the Android platform: Will a Google Phone ever be made?
What has been announced so far?
So what is this Android?
When will I be able to buy a Google-powered phone?
Will other carriers such as Verizon offer Android-based phones?
How will Android phones differ from today's coolest smart phones?
Why is a Google mobile platform any better than an existing mobile OS from Palm or Microsoft?
Will service providers be able to lock down phones?
But with this "open platform" behind the phone, I'll be able to hack it and customize it anyway, right?
What will I be able to customize on an Android phone?
What kinds of applications will we see?
Will added customization mean lots of hardware spec confusion when you buy a "Google" phone?
Will I need to know how much RAM, storage, and processing power my phone has?
Should I trust an Android phone?
Will Google phones only be cheap because they're inundated with ads?
What does this have to do with Google's battle for wireless spectrum? Read the answers on the PC World FAQ page. |
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Written by Jason Oakley
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Sunday, 11 November 2007 13:14 |
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Engadget says Palm must assimilate with Android or die... Palm, which has been struggling for years through countless setbacks to introduce its own Linux-based mobile OS, in the mean time using a continuously cobbled-together version of Palm OS 5 (originally introduced in 2002) throughout. Palm's first attempt at a next-gen mobile OS, dubbed Cobalt, is announced in 2004 and quickly becomes the stuff of vaporware legend, delayed over and over until ACCESS eventually buys the flagging PalmSource (more here on how that whole thing went down); ACCESS pledges to finish development of Palm's misplaced next-gen mobile OS, and then license it back to Palm (among other companies).
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Written by Jason Oakley
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Saturday, 10 November 2007 23:04 |
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Techcrunch has a rundown on Android: “This is not an announcement of a Gphone. We hope thousands of different phones will be powered by Android. This will make possible all sorts of applications that have never been made available on a mobile device.”
He think s a”lack of a collaborative effort” is what has been keeping back the mobile Web. Android will help developers reduce complexities and costs across different mobile devices. |
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