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Finally, some tangible news about the gPhone, or "Google phone"!
It turns out there isn?t going to be a physical device at all, but rather a heavy-weight alliance (the open handset alliance ) who are getting together to create an open source platform for mobile devices.
Loads of big names are involved: Google, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, T-mobile, Intel?.
Notable absences: Nokia and Vodafone
The platform is currently called "Android", and if you have ever tried developing software for phones, you will love all the promises that seem custom-made to make battle-weary J2ME and Symbian developers smile once again:
which means I really really can use the phone features
which means I can un-install those default apps I don't want
To find out more, look at the Official Google Blog: Where's my Gphone?
Great news all round. Now, lets hold our m-breaths to see if it really can offer what it claims, and if those phone manufacturers really do deliver.
ps: thanks to Bob and Juan who got me onto this
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gPhone anyone?
Finally, some tangible news about the gPhone, or "Google phone"!
It turns out there isn?t going to be a physical device at all, but rather a heavy-weight alliance (the open handset alliance ) who are getting together to create an open source platform for mobile devices.
Loads of big names are involved: Google, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, T-mobile, Intel?.
Notable absences: Nokia and VodafoneThe platform is currently called "Android", and if you have ever tried developing software for phones, you will love all the promises that seem custom-made to make battle-weary J2ME and Symbian developers smile once again:
Android does not differentiate between the phone's core applications and third-party applications. They can all be built to have equal access to phone's capabilities
Android is built on the open Linux Kernel
With Android, a developer could build an application that enables users to view the location of their friends and be alerted when they are in the vicinity giving them a chance to connect.
which means I really really can use the phone features
There will be a publicly accessible repository, similar to how the Linux kernel is managed.
which means I can un-install those default apps I don't want
To find out more, look at the Official Google Blog: Where's my Gphone?
Great news all round. Now, lets hold our m-breaths to see if it really can offer what it claims, and if those phone manufacturers really do deliver.
ps: thanks to Bob and Juan who got me onto this
- Mobile Market Share 2011 ? Really?
Fascinating overview of mobile operating system market share - but is it real? Those nice folks at icrossing have updated their infographic summarising mobile operating systems all over the world. It is a great visual image. I use it often. BUT BEWARE...
- Apple U-turn Is Excellent News For Cross-platform App Developers!
The big news of the moment amongst App developers, is the surprise announcement by Apple that they are relaxing some key restrictions on how Apps can be made. In particular they say: ?we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create...
- Even The Us Military Wants Mobile Apps!
There has been a flurry of news over the past few days including the words ?US Military? and ?mobile Apps? part one: DARPA, home of the pentagon?s technology research gurus, has announced it wants to buy an ?AppStore? to use for distributing mobile apps...
- Nokia Buys Symbian ... And Then Gives It Away!
Nokia has just bought out the rest of the Symbian partners, giving it 100% ownership of the Symbian operating system, which it plans to "give away"! According to the The Register: Nokia has bought up the bits of Symbian it didn't already own...
- $10 Million From Google For Cool Mobile Apps
The Android Developer Challenge: Google has offered $10 million to developers for the coolest, most interesting, creative applications that will run on their new mobile operating system. Android is the google sponsored operating system that they hope...