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Official Android announcements.

Google posts Android timeline, 1.0 SDK still to come

It seems that Google has posted a timeline that outlines past and future milestones for the Android smartphone operating system.  There is nothing too earth shattering in the document, but they do mention that a pre-release of the 1.0 SDK will be available next month (September) with the real SDK to follow later in the [...]

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Android SDK v0.9 released: new home screen, features added, features removed

It has been a busy couple of days on the Android front. Latest news is that a new version of the Android SDK has been made available. The new version of the SDK promises a new home screen and “many” UI tweaks as well as new task management.
Also new is the requirement for [...]

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Gary Krakow updates his story, we’re even more confused

Google has responded to Gary Krakow’s story that there would be no Gphone announced by the end of the year by stating that they are, indeed, on track for Q4 Android based devices, and that a few “partners” have promised as much.
But is it just me, or is this not what Gary (or his source) [...]

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Google posts sample 3D World Clock code

Google recently posted a new sample application for its developer community to take a look at. The new app, 3D World Clock, is intended to provide new developers with some insight as to how to work with the Google Android SDK’s OpenGL 3G graphics library.
The code for the application has been added to the [...]

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First round Android Developers Challenge winners list

Jason Chen over at the official Android Developers Blog has posted a list of 46 of the 50 first round winners of the Android Developers Challenge. Why 46, you ask? Well, 4 of the winners wanted to continue their work in secret. I suppose they are hoping to get the jump on [...]

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1788 entries submitted for Android Developer Challenge

Google announced that it has received over 1788 entries from developers around the globe for its Android Developer Challenge. The Challenge will provide up to US$10million to developers who build mobile applications for Android. Android is the first completely open and free mobile platform from Internet giant Google.

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