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Latest Google Android SDK: Solid Improvement!

arstechnica.com — Google has announced another prerelease version of the Android SDK. We took a close look at how it performs and found that Google is listening to feedback—the new SDK is a solid improvement over its predecessor.

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  • OneManArmy, on 02/18/2008, -0/+39Listening to developers is a good sign from Google that they are taking Android seriously.
  • enoshixi, on 02/18/2008, -4/+30http://www.xkcd.com/37/
  • motang, on 02/18/2008, -2/+28Damn sounds like a sweet ass platform for cell phones.
  • inactive, on 02/18/2008, -0/+24I love how Google does business. They release an SDK before the unit shipment.

    All while I'm sitting here with my iPhone with no apps besides the original few. Where is the iPhone SDK. It's feb. already!!!
  • nirav72, on 02/18/2008, -0/+17Haven't played around with the android sdk. Is there a device emulator included with the SDK , since no commercial hardware is yet available?
  • Harrison88, on 02/18/2008, -0/+15I'm pretty sure they won't be too worried about the UI atm. They'll be working on the backend code.
  • canthraxp, on 02/18/2008, -1/+15You wrote that while drinking a glass of wine, with your monocle and top hat on?
  • Enigmaster, on 02/18/2008, -4/+17A sweet ass-platform? Ew.
  • n0c0ntr0l, on 02/18/2008, -1/+12It is just that.
  • Jholder112233, on 02/18/2008, -0/+11Yes there is :)
  • zydeco, on 02/18/2008, -0/+111) Kills Winmobile
    2) Retains leader position on mobile phone search
    3) Adds a few hundred million search users that don't have PCs
    Does that help at all?
  • m0rn1n6s74r, on 02/18/2008, -4/+15Im making a note here:
    HUGE SUCCESS!
  • MisterGnome, on 06/13/2009, -2/+13Dugg for Ron Paul. I mean.. Ryan Paul.
  • leexy, on 02/18/2008, -0/+9You may not care, but Openmoko's page has been updated, and they stopped shipping the "beta" phones.
    It should only be a few more weeks before the Neo's released. I don't mean to bash Google's initiative, but I'd rather have a truly open phone meant to be hacked in and out, than one of these Android thingy. But that's probably just me...
    http://www.openmoko.com/
  • KibibyteBrain, on 02/18/2008, -0/+8Wow, what an original comment. Not to mention fresh.
  • negativefx, on 02/18/2008, -0/+6what's strange to me is that this sdk is publicly available well before any device using it has been released.
    didn't apple do something like that too? wait... err....
  • ChrisPelletier, on 02/18/2008, -6/+12Where do I sign up to flush Windows Mobile?
  • Protoss, on 02/18/2008, -0/+5Vaporware? The software is OUT!
  • danconia, on 02/18/2008, -0/+5Can anyone give a *rough* date on when the end product might end up on something that your average consumer can purchase at the store?
  • inactive, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5Google took a nasty shot at the iPhone here (under Seamless):
    http://code.google.com/android/toolbox/philosophy. ...

    "Imagine if the SMS service popped up a dialog box every time a text message came in; this would annoy users in no time. "
  • yourmightyruler, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4More audience=more advertising.
  • bigsteve, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4...or iPhone challenger? I'd be much happier with that. Competition makes them improve, and benefits us.
  • dajernts, on 02/18/2008, -1/+5Woah there! It's just a computer.
  • waspbr, on 02/18/2008, -1/+5looks more like a cult these days
  • theOster, on 02/18/2008, -4/+7for the same reasoning that safari is better than firefox?
  • greenlight2001, on 02/18/2008, -1/+4and a ***** stick up his ass.
  • cllewis, on 02/18/2008, -2/+5Then you, sir, are not a real Mac lover. Real Mac lovers buy anything Mac because Steve Jobs says to.
  • iofthestorm, on 02/18/2008, -1/+4Hmm? How many people would have a smartphone but not a PC?
  • zydeco, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3Think about developing nations and markets outside the US and Western Europe. If you make "smartphones" cheaper and easier to run on lower-powered handsets, you can get them into markets where people don't have PCs. The phone *becomes* their PC.
  • 04TL, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3your question has already been answered, but from Google's Android page:
    "The SDK contains what you need to build and run Android applications, including a true device emulator and advanced debugging tools."
  • bigsteve, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2...and no concept of what an open platform that encourages development backed by a huge competent force such as Google could do for mobile computing. Yes, us poor sods. Thankfully we have the geniuses from wherever the ***** it is you're from to lead the way.
  • n0c0ntr0l, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2It's looking pretty good, though it now looks more touch orientated than before. But I'm liking the way things are going.
  • wiredDeath, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2Its pretty easy to install the eclipse plugin and get a program working too, cant wait to play with the updated sdk :)
  • Clordio, on 02/18/2008, -1/+3Nope, I totally agree. The icons look horrid and bulky. Clutted desktop syndrome.
  • EtherGnat, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2As far as I'm concerned until Apple releases an SDK and (legally) allows you to install whatever applications you want it's not even a smartphone, it's a feature phone (admittedly a good one). The two aren't even in the same market.
  • 1053r, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2hey google! (I know at least some of you read digg). Why don't you release a version of android that will run on the neo? I think it just requires recompiling for arm4 instead of arm5. Because that is hardware that is available now.
  • bigsteve, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2Or puts more "butts in seats" in front of a Google service via the device.
  • MtheoryX, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1Touche.
  • Clordio, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1Love this project too. Shouldn't be long before some hardware hacker finds a way to embed android on it maybe? Otherwise OpenMoko itself looks to be a good smartphone os
  • PayneX, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1When are we going to stop calling it a phone and start calling it the tablet PC that the world has been waiting for?
  • aurrea, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1I haven't really read up on the details on this but does anyone know if this is something that can be beta tested? I always saw a lot of "pre-release" stuff on the XDA website but I'm not sure if this is the same with this. Would it even work on any phone?
    Help, I want to be a guinea pig...
  • Nurven, on 02/18/2008, -2/+3promising
  • HonoredMule, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Hey, we all love our big comfy chairs.
  • smurf22, on 02/18/2008, -4/+5Am I the only one who doesn't like the new UI? It looks more like a GPS device then a cell phone to me.
  • EtherGnat, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1Exactly, it's not just web search. It's GPS/mapping, media streaming, e-mail, and integration with every other web service under the sun Google can dream up.
  • Carlsen, on 02/18/2008, -0/+13rd quarter 2008.
  • aritheman, on 02/18/2008, -2/+3Looking Good
  • tybris, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1You'll see. The mobile platform is full of potential.
  • digudown, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1which planet you are from?
  • wiihuck, on 02/18/2008, -2/+31. jailbreak if it's that big of a deal to you
    2. it's not "the end of february"
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