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Google's open-source Android now actually open
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| Google has one team of programmers building the software and another
| professional services group to help support phone makers building Android
| phones. Now, though, as T-Mobile's G1 arrives on the market, Google hopes to
| multiply that by drawing upon the collective energy of outside contributors
| to the project.
|
| "Our plan is a launching point for a much more vibrant open-source
| community," said Rich Miner, vice president of Google's mobile platforms
| business. "For the past almost four years, this has been a large effort
| between Google and our partners. There have been a lot of people working on
| the code, but that's going to be multiplied by several orders of magnitude."
|
| Open-source software can be freely used, modified, and redistributed by
| anyone, freedoms that make it a daunting competitor to proprietary software
| companies that charge for the code. Although open-source software rarely has
| been the sole basis for a thriving company, it can be a powerful tool to aid
| a broader agenda. Sophisticated technology companies such as IBM, Oracle, and
| even Apple often subsidize open-source projects for that reason, and Android
| fits into that category.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10071093-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Google Set to Release Android Source Code
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| Developers can find the source code on the Web site for the Android Open
| Source Project.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/152544/.html?tk=rss_
Wind River to Offer Commercial Android Solution
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| Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) today announced that the company will offer a
| commercial software solution based on open source mobile software, Android.
| The solution will comprise software systems integration services and a
| compatible commercially supported Android software platform for handset
| manufacturers and mobile operators planning to develop Android-based devices
| and services.
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http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1958777/
This week:
Stars Align for T-Mobile's Open Source Google Android Phone Launches
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| T-Mobile (News - Alert) USA, Inc reportedly marked the highly anticipated
| launch of the new T-Mobile G1, the world’s first Google (News - Alert)
| Android-powered mobile phone, among what officials are calling Hollywood’s
| hottest stars and New York’s elite tastemakers.
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| Company officials say they organized exclusive, invite-only launch events in
| Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood and at a private studio in the heart of
| Hollywood.
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http://asterisk.tmcnet.com/topics/open-source/articles/43331-stars-align-t-mobiles-open-source-google-android.htm
Motorola Joins Google Android Craze
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| Motorola's Android device is expected to feature a touch screen similar to
| the Apple iPhone, T-Mobile G1 or the recently announced BlackBerry Storm from
| Research In Motion. Motorola's yet-to-be-named Android device is also
| expected to feature a G1-style physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
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http://www.crn.com/retail/211201872;jsessionid=1TPONOMFA30OUQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN
Recent:
The industrious revolutionary
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| Android has been developed using open-source technology, which is freely
| available for anyone who wishes to use it or improve it. Google's next step
| is likely to be the gPhone, which could be a fierce rival for Apple's wildly
| hyped iPhone.
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| According to this version of the future, Google and other open-source
| advocates will eventually crush proprietary companies like Apple and
| Microsoft unless they, too, see the light.
|
| "The only positive result of America invading Iraq was that it persuaded
| China to go open-source," Dryden enthuses. "Now China has slashed the price
| of laptop computers by 90 per cent by making them without an operating
| system, which you can download for free off the net."
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10537980
T-Mobile Android Smart Phone a Solid Device
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| The innovative T-Mobile G1, the first smart phone using the Google Android
| mobile operating system, is a worthy competitor to Apple and its iPhone. The
| T-Mobile G1 is a strong consumer offering, but enterprises should wait until
| more corporate features are included.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-Android-Smart-Phone-a-Solid-Device/
Google updates Chrome so plugins will work better
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| Google's Chrome browser is now better at handling plugins. That the big thing
| I take away from the the new Chrome 0.3.154.3 update release.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/10/google-updates-chrome-so-plugi.html
Android Gets a Hand
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| As I wrote last week, Android's USP is openness. Although that means open to
| everyone, there is arguably an advantage to open source coding on the Android
| platform. For a start, the methodology that Android employs will be totally
| familiar, as will the idea of building on pre-existing code.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=1339
Funambol Synchronizes with Google Android
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| U.S. firm Funambol announces an Android version of its Open Source mobile
| sync application for the new Google/T-Mobile G1 phone.
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http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/funambol_synchronizes_with_google_android
Google's Android - The Promise
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| The Linux kernel underlying both of them is covered by the GNU GPL. Unlike
| Apple, Google will not attempt to control the application ecosystem on top of
| the platform either. This is true openness.
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http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17110&Itemid=62
Android vs. iPhone: No Contest for Developers
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| "I'm not a big fan of cell phones generally, but Android-style openness -- if
| it remains as open as people hope it to be -- may change my mind on that,"
| Lord said. "I certainly hope that it puts an end to the foolishness of people
| paying dollars for ringtones, or [getting] funneled into awkward and
| expensive picture-sending systems just to get photos off their phone.
| Shouldn't every phone already allow users to drag and drop files?"
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/64640.html
Hockenberry: App Store Policies 'Killing Our Enthusiasm'
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| Along with Steven Frank, Fraser Speirs, Wil Shipley, and Brent Simmons,
| Hockenberry is yet another well-known and respected Macintosh developer
| expressing serious concern over his future iPhone development work.
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http://www.osnews.com/story/20339/Hockenberry_App_Store_Policies_Killing_Our_Enthusiasm_
SDK shoot-out: Android vs. iPhone
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| The iPhone and Android phones both ship with Web browsers based on the WebKit
| rendering engine. That means Web applications designed for one will render
| almost identically on the other, provided their developers adhere to
| published standards. Those same applications will also render on WebKit-based
| desktop browsers, such as Safari and Google Chrome, and on any other browsers
| that implement the standards correctly.
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| Based on that, all this talk of SDKs seems almost foolish. The iPhone may
| have more market share than Android today, but the standards-based Web has
| far more market share than both combined. So you tell me: If you're a
| developer, where's the smart money? The iPhone App Store? The Android SDK? Or
| somewhere else?
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2008/09/sdk_shootout_an.html
The iPhone Is Now Doomed
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| I cannot claim to be a developer, but I have been watching the whole iPhone
| application development issues with interest. As of today’s news, it appears
| that the iPhone development process is like this:
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| 1. Ask Apple for permission to make an application.
| 2. Sign a non-disclosure agreement.
| 3. Invest time and money into an iPhone application.
| 4. Ask Apple for permission to sell or give away your application.
| 5. If Apple says YES: start making money and hope Apple does not change
| their minds.
| If Apple says NO: shut up and deal with it. If you say anything, Apple
| can sue you, further raising the wasted investment money.
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http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/09/23/the-iphone-is-now-doomed/
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