So if you haven't heard Google is in the works creating an operating system for cell phones. That's right we have another clash of the titans. coming up. And instead of the classic Microsoft vs Apple fanboi shinanigans we usually get to wade through its Google and Apple. Even Mac people are fans of Google so it will be interesting to see how the battle pans out. I am sure Google doesn't want it to seem like they are making a direct attack on the the "fruity" iPhone, but somehow saying that they are just trying to get in on an emerging market doesn't cut it with me. None the less I am going for Android and Google. I personally downloaded the SDK that Google put out and started playing around with the emulator that is supplied. According to a video on the Android site working with the emulator and porting to a device should be exactly the same experience. That is for all to see of course. The emulator comes with different programs that showcase a few of the things that you can expect to see from applications and such. How transition effects are done etc. After sitting throught the 1 hour developer video on the Android site they said that there will be no approval process for the applications. This is a double edged sword of course, and with all great powers one much use discretion. What this means is that anyone including myself will be able to develop for the platform. This is good and bad because I am, for instance, a shitty programmer. I have very little experience in a production environment let alone any experience developing a program for the masses. But I plan on making an application for the OS. It will be my first installment in this realm and I can only hope it is a good one :).
The first phones have not been released yet, but some pretty big names are in the mix. For instance LG has said that it plans of releasing a phone for the 2008 Holiday season, but says that may be a little optimistic. None the less LG is one of my favorite phone makers and I would be really stoked to get an Android phone from them. Well that should wet your appetite a little for more info check out the Android developer website and see what people are clamoring about.
0 comments:
Post a Comment