First results of Android being open source start to surface. A new portable device from Touch Revolution, was shown at CES 2009 It is reported that the device comes in 4.3in, 7.5in and generous 10in screen sizes, and current prototypes can show off Android at larger screen sizes as well. The device has three physical [...]
I was intending to write a post about Cupcake rumors for some time now, but had my hands busy with other things, so although this post is delayed, it is albeit timeless opinion, at least untill we’ll see some of the promised enhancements to come in Cupcake. I know, you are thinking now, but wait, [...]
Yes, that’s right, a new number on SDK version of Android! Apparently the new firmwae upgrade has a new SDK version. Whhile this is not something that should worry the phone users.,who actually won’t even know it without fiddling around with the phone, those are quite interesting news for the developers. While the new SDK [...]
When Apple initially announced the iPhone SDK, there was much dismay over the lack of background process capabilities, which disallows third-party applications to, for instance, notify the user of incoming instant messages or other network operations. So we question now – is iPhone playing catch-up with Android, and other smart phone platforms? While Apple promised [...]
Nokia N800 is a cool talet, responsible for very high volume of mobile web traffic throughout the world. It is basically a very small tablet PC, running Linux. And the development is done mainly under the maemo umbrella. The first attempt to port Android was made on the very early version and the results can [...]
Luke Hatchison has posted a while ago a demo on multitouch functionality of standard Android phone. And just recently he has posted a greatly enhanced post with more examples and directions on how to hack the G1 to allow multitouch functionality. Great and interesting read!
Kyocera has officially joined the alliance and is about to build Android powered phone. While this is excellent news, we are definitely eager to see the phones from Samsung and LG to come to the market. Motorolla might also surprise us, but I doubt that. Original story: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10071425-94.html
Next Monday, Android Market will be open to all the developers. Google set a one time sign up fee of $25 to prevent spamming, but then after you pay that fee, you are free to upload as many applications as you want. The market will have a voting and responce systems, to let users influence [...]
As of early morning today, 10/22/08 the very first, long awaited Android device hits the markets and will be available in stores. It is called G1 and is available for now exclusively from T-Mobile. It’s definitely exciting news for us all – developers, consumers, entrepreneurs, researchers etc alike. Cnet has a nice review with a [...]
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