Comments on: In Anticipation Of An Actual Phone, Android Releases A New SDK

By: Daily Dose of Pras » Blog Archive » Prospects for the GPhone

Daily Dose of Pras » Blog Archive » Prospects for the GPhone — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:15:19 +0000

[...] is hoping for, but not in initially selling the device. So how is the Android platform doing? Last I heard, the platform had some fantastic apps being built, but simultaneously Google was alienating the [...]

By: links for 2008-08-31 | it's about time

links for 2008-08-31 | it's about time — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:18:42 +0000

[...] In Anticipation Of An Actual Phone, Android Releases A New SDK This SDK is still not the 1.0 release. (It is version 0.9). There are still bugs and some features that had to be removed because of security reasons, such as support for GTalk and Bluetooth. (That won’t do). But those should return once the bugs are fixed (tags: sdk api android mobile google) [...]

By: links for 2008-08-25 | it's about time

links for 2008-08-25 | it's about time — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:11:20 +0000

By: Does Google’s Android Dream of Outdoing the iPhone?

Does Google’s Android Dream of Outdoing the iPhone? — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:20 +0000

[...] Android Developers Blog announced a beta Software Developer Kit Monday, possible spurred on by a concrete phone build in the HTC Dream. Highlights of the version .9 include new applications [...]

By: Last week’s news… | The Android Devices Blog

Last week’s news… | The Android Devices Blog — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:59:02 +0000

[...] of a new Android SDK version. It’s not quite a 1.0 release yet, but 0.9 should come close enough. Techcrunch has a few screenshots and details about what’s included and what isn’t. The new SDK is of course what the finalists [...]

By: Sqij

Sqij — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:24:28 +0000

I think the first carrier-imposed crippling of Android will be the system-wide XMPP connection. It’s way too useful an idea to put in the hands of consumers.

By: eLearning Service » Blog Archive » More Android news

eLearning Service » Blog Archive » More Android news — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:59:34 +0000

[...] FCC approval, Google released an updated Software Development Kit (SDK). TechCrunch states that this release has been long overdue, but now that it is out it may begin to appease many of the [...]

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:44:17 +0000

I am not so worried about the look and feel of Android, but moreover, I am concerned about carriers locking down certain aspects of the phones to prevent users from enjoying their phones. For example, people went crazy over Verizon blocking certain Bluetooth profiles on the Moto Razr, but no one has said a word about Apple blocking ObexPush on the iPhone for some reason. It’s not like they cannot create a proper Bluetooth stack on the iPhone, in fact, the Bluetooth team lead by good old Mike Larson at Apple was out the door very quickly with a complete stack - Apple marketing clearly made a decision to inhibit users, and of course you can expect complete bullshit in the response if questioned about it because Apple just loves to lie like any smart company out there would. Apple just doesn’t want you pushing MP3s from iPhone to iPhone, er make that “squirting” a la the stillborn Zune, but because of the inbuilt limitation, you cannot send your “business card” from iPhone to iPhone just like people with Palms can.

And just because I have to get this off my chest - it is clear why Apple blocked Flash from playing on the iPhone - they are scared of the iPhone running applications outside of their realm of control. Flash can be very powerful in the hands of the right developer and if you can run a flash app, then Apple loses control and diminishes their chance to monetize effectively.

Sorry about the Apple rant. Go Android!

By: face pants

face pants — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:23:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure they didn’t take out all support for GTalk, but only the capability to send files through it. They cited security as the reason and that it could make its way back into the api.

By: Amit

Amit — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:02:43 +0000

First image on MobilCrunch has MAEMO written on the Clock
Nokia Developers developing Android Apps!!!

By: Bookmarks for 08-19-08 - Fast.Fwd.Innov@tion

Bookmarks for 08-19-08 - Fast.Fwd.Innov@tion — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:09:58 +0000

[...] may hit the market next year as we see appear more and more info about approvals and releases (like the Android SDK). And it may slap the market, and not only regarding the hype (but has Google learned from Apple [...]

By: hurricanesoft

hurricanesoft — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:45 +0000

Humm another version but no products yet. Wondering when they will launch a final application?

Also why it looks quite close to iPhone in terms of layout.

By: brandon

brandon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:30:19 +0000

I love to see all the Apple Sheep squirm and get defensive, I love it!

You look so cool in with your flavor of the month.

Baaaaaaa Baaaaaaaa

Go Android! and take down the evil Apple empire!

By: eCurmudgeon

eCurmudgeon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:12:48 +0000

Not an insider…can someone explain what KDE is (or tell me what I should search for to get my answer)

Certainly… KDE (who’s acronym stands for something like “Kool Desktop Environment” although developers will argue as to the first letter) is a user interface (UI) toolkit for Unix systems.

Much like the GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment), it’s primary design inspiration is the Microsoft Windows UI. In typical fashion for “open source” development, GNOME came about because at one time, the underlying graphics support library for KDE, called “QT” was licensed under a less-than-ideological arrangement, which was not acceptable to some developers.

As with many projects in the open-source community, the design focus tends to be towards ideological purity (or just wanting to “work on something cool”) rather than concerning with actual usability and suitability to the task…

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:07:30 +0000

Not an insider…can someone explain what KDE is (or tell me what I should search for to get my answer)

By: ZingerSteve

ZingerSteve — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:39:59 +0000

Can’t they hire an artist to create some decent icons that don’t look like an old Blackberry?

And look, it’s Speer Blvd. in Denver in the screenshot. I drove right by there today!

By: Charbax

Charbax — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:36:04 +0000

This is going to work so great on the next $100 Laptops powered by Android to be released as well in the next few months.

By: WIRELESS « Daily Marauder

WIRELESS « Daily Marauder — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:20:02 +0000

[...] for the mobile OS. There were hints that this would happen earlier today, but now it is official. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/18/in-anticipation-of-an-actual-phone-android-releases-a-new-sdk [...]

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Android端末のリリースを間近に控え、SDKも新版を公開

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Android端末のリリースを間近に控え、SDKも新版を公開 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:18:42 +0000

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By: clayton

clayton — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:49:26 +0000

Really? Really? A link to a porn sight on your tech crunch comment? That’s just great. How about some spam protection?

By: Brig

Brig — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:23:55 +0000

All I care is that it is open, works with wi-fi, that it has pix & video messaging at fair resolutions, and that you can use VoIP or Skype or something like that with it.

Oh yeah — and that it sync with Exchange smoothly. I don’t think that’s too much to ask! If so, I’ll be getting it!

By: Wil Tan

Wil Tan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:18:01 +0000

@Sid yes, my initial reaction was also that this looks very much like KDE.

By: JosefVirek

JosefVirek — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:04:37 +0000

Android looks ewwwyyy!!!

By: Sid

Sid — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:58:16 +0000

Is it just me or does Android look like KDE on a phone?
I mean … it looks good, and a lot of work was put into it, but it just screams “GEEK”!
I almost expect to see a KTerm icon in that icon drawer.

By: cease

cease — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:42:35 +0000

i think comparing iPhone and android is like comparing apples to oranges, because more than likely you iphone experience will always be pretty much the same. As more hardware makers/hackers find ways to put android on it, experience will differ. For example one of the biggest complaints about early sdk, was lack of api for things like bluetooth, or gps, and the problem is that.. not all hardware will have these things, and software will be different depending on hardware.

As much criticism that google faced due to their incomplete api, I find it to be a much better offering that apple’s right now.