Comments on: Google’s Android Is Already Delayed

By: m.theweekthatwas - the mobile edition | TechWhimsy

m.theweekthatwas - the mobile edition | TechWhimsy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:04:35 +0000

[...] The Commentariat can’t decide if Google’s Android mobile phone operating system is gathering steam or lagging behind. [...]

By: Kurtis Holsapple

Kurtis Holsapple — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:02:15 +0000

Are you kidding me? The difference between Google and Microsoft is fundamental to the two companies. Just read a little bit about open source, and then look at the attitudes of the two companies. Every company wants to make money, but the way Google is doing it is much more ethical.

By: Alternageek Technology Podcast » Alternageek Episode 29: Tin Foil Hats

Alternageek Technology Podcast » Alternageek Episode 29: Tin Foil Hats — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:41:04 +0000

[...] Google Android Delayed [...]

By: eskimo

eskimo — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:27:23 +0000

Tech Crunch is not the place to read about real tech stuff. They are just plain old bloggers. Check out the Google Android forums for the real deal. http://openandroids is another good spot to park and read.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:18:48 +0000

The difference between Microsoft and Google is that Microsoft would charge you $599 for this and it still wouldn’t work right.

By: RK

RK — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:07:20 +0000

one bad news after another. Google is onto too many things and no matter how innovative they are and how many bright people they bring on there is always a limit

RK
http://www.rent...drealestate.com

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:58:23 +0000

Realistically nobody’s going to recommend buying any Android phone until next year at the earliest. Anyone expecting handset manufacturers to fully support this and get devices out sooner than that is deluding themselves.

So buy an iPhone, buy a BlackBerry, hell, buy an N95… The Android will be completely unusable for at least another year.

By: Der Blogbote

Der Blogbote — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:50:54 +0000

Linux to go…

Linux-Handy-Plattform LiMo
Ab März 2008 soll die erste Version veröffentlicht werden. Das Entwickler-Kit steht in Kürze zur Verfügung.
news.com (eng) >>
Googles Handy-Plattform Android verspätet sich
Sie läuft auch auf Linux, ist aber noch nicht …

By: RB

RB — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:39:41 +0000

Wow, you guys don’t seem to have much reading comprehension. The OS and the hardware aren’t delayed at all, and the SDK has been available for a long time already. Updates are a good thing. Only the challenge is being delayed, and that has nothing to do with OS development. It’s also pretty ridiculous to call Android vaporware. It was only announced a few months ago, and the turn around is set to be very quick for an entire OS.

By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:36:29 +0000

My bad for reading the Android post too fast this morning. I’ve corrected above to reflect that what is delayed is an update to the SDK.

Thanks for keeping me honest.

By: Dirk Strayhan

Dirk Strayhan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:33:06 +0000

I develop Flash and Java games for mobile platforms and have just completed an evaluation of ANDROID for my team. Basically i ported one of our early titles, a simple side-scrolling platformer in 2D with minimal bitmap and sound assets, to ANDROID. For me, the platform adds virtually nothing over existing Java mobile frameworks, and represents a step backward in terms of the assets I have built up over the years. There is a significant performance hit as well, in the emulator anyway.

Technically, I’d say ANDROID probably works best if you are leveraging other Google assets, such as maps, etc. It’s most certainly a drop for what will be a future gPhone SDK, and as a frequent user of the life-saving Google SMS services, a fully mobile Google apps package would be game-changing.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:31:01 +0000

This post is pathetic, not simply because it is completely inaccurate, but more because it is standoffish and childish, without backing up any of the inflated rhetoric. Somebody hates everything Google does, boo hoo.

“If you are a developer with limited time and resources, which one would you choose to create an app for? The iPhone, which is already in millions of people’s hands, or Android, which is still vaporware?”

Which one is actually vaporware, the Android SDK from Google, or the Apple iPhone SDK? (Hint: one was actually released a few months back, the other has never been released but is promised.)

By: Kin Lane

Kin Lane — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:21:19 +0000

Anyone have a list of shops / developers that are building Android applications. I have seen a couple around on individual blog posts, but has anyone seen or made a large list of developers?

By: compi

compi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:14:44 +0000

except microsoft’s OS is already on the phones, while android still is looking up, begging to be adopted by handset makers like HTC, which obviously wouldn’t make a switch to an untested OS. Blackberry won’t switch to android and so wudn’t Apple, so who is going to adopt the poor (and now unattractive) orphan.

By: Craig Baker

Craig Baker — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:11:20 +0000

Erick this is a sloppy article and plain wrong. I guess we all miss the mark some times.

A two week delay on an incremental update to the SDK isn’t news, it’s software development.

The difference between Google and Microsoft is that Google’s operating systems has been delayed 2 weeks and Microsoft’s was delayed 2 years.

By: Fabricio Zuardi

Fabricio Zuardi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:50:56 +0000

That Google jet thing really got into you guys… people are already developing for android using the sdk, get your facts straight, an update slips and you call them MS, give me a break.

By: Al Briggs

Al Briggs — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:39:07 +0000

I am really amazed they haven’t retracted it yet – Erik has only put the comment in that reinforces that he knows not what he is talking about.

By: Frank Daley

Frank Daley — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:19:55 +0000

As highlighted by a number of posters, the premise for this TechCrunch story is wrong.

Therefore TechCruch should publish a retraction and an apology for publishing a misleading article.

By: newssweb

newssweb — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:15:57 +0000

man, techcrunch reporters are really getting poor in writing or analysing: “I am beginning to have a hard time telling the difference between Google and Microsoft.”, then you better really start studying and analysing those companies in terms of SWOT, PESTLE, competitive advantage before you say something like that

By: AndroidGuys

AndroidGuys — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:12:27 +0000

Same thing is being erroneously reported at CrunchGear. http://www.crun...ge-pushed-back/ My comment has been ‘awaiting moderation’ for some time. Wonder how many others are waiting too.

In the meanwhile, I wrote a piece at AndroidGuys trying to educate our readers.

http://androidg...ont-get-it.html

By: Andrew Galasetti

Andrew Galasetti — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:01:48 +0000

Hey TechCrunch makes mistakes too, just like Google and everyone else in this world.

By: Al Briggs

Al Briggs — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:55:13 +0000

OK this is not what I expect from TechCruch – a technical mistake that comes from not knowing what you are talking about.

As has been pointed out the SDK is already out and people are using it – I have it installed already and have since November.

The problem here is an update to the SDK.

If you guys can’t even bother to understand a story I think you are really letting the side down – I had more respect for you.

Hint (The real story) : The updated SDK needs to start answering some difficult questions that are being asked if this is ever going to be a really useful platform. Google have put some great and cool technologies in there with little mind for the problems they cause in the real world. Ask where these answers are : How will security work on the platform? Speficically how are they going to manage to balance their ambition for no security prompting after a user instals a piece of software? How will dependency mangement work? Will Google open up their Location API that uses cellId for non GPS phones to non google applications? Will the XMPP users and infrastucture work using non-google infrastructure.

Please guys give yourselves a kick in the arse about this – get in contact if you want any more details on the short coming of Android.

By: fizetés + állás

fizetés + állás — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:49:35 +0000

hopefully they will test it in the meantime, not to have the same problems like WM

By: Holden

Holden — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:47:23 +0000

Are you ridiculous? First of this is old news…. second off the android sdk has been out for a while…. so research a bit before you blab… I have always had respect for your articles because they have been researched and usually give credible information. So they pushed back Android a month? Big whoop? So they want to make sure everything is correct and well done before they release there products… Sorry, but I see a big difference between Microsoft and Google right there.. A HUGE ONE. Google will actually improve there product… Microsoft will keep delaying and still not improve it and still release crap… or a.k.a. windows vista. So stop making stupid comments about google until you know what your talking about. I am also not a google fan boy… I just hate when people talk when they have no clue what there talking about.

Sorry about the venom in the post,

Holden Page

By: The Ace of Spades that doesn’t hide in a hole

The Ace of Spades that doesn’t hide in a hole — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:42:25 +0000

“I am beginning to have a hard time telling the difference between Google and Microsoft.”

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
George Orwell – Animal Farm

It’s sad that the fabled Yahoo has become a pawn in the war between these two…wait is that Smeagol I see outside gotta go. Smeagol, Smeagol swswswswsws