Google updates Android software development kit
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| Google released an update to the SDK (software development kit) for Android,
| its mobile-phone operating system.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/021308-google-updates-android-software-development.html
Your next phone could run Linux
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| Since Android has been demo’d running live on processors and chipsets from TI
| and Qualcomm, the platform is technically ready for manufacturers to develop
| and prototype the solution. We can expect some Android devices at next year’s
| MWC. Should Sarin’s vision of four or five operating systems come true, Linux
| is a safe bet as one of them.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2139
The previews look impressive. iPhone is closed, expensive and it is likely to
fall behind Google.
Video:
Google Android dev kit exposes Apple-inspired roots
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| The release to developers of Google's Linux-based Android operating system
| for mobile phones reveals that the prototype software shares at least a few
| aspects in common with interfaces from the company's Bay Area neighbor,
| Apple.
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/12/google_android_dev_kit_exposes_apple_inspired_roots.html
Related:
Linux Sees 'Astronomic' Growth in Mobile Devices
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| "We were very aware that the growth in mobile for Linux was huge, but we
| didn't know it was so astronomic," Amanda McPherson, marketing director for
| the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider. "These are very encouraging
| numbers." Why Linux has drawn significant support from the community of
| handset manufacturers can be explained on several fronts, McPherson said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59162.html
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