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Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld: The current rumor-mongering seems to indicate that HTC's "Dream" will soon be making landfall in the US. Based on the initially leaked specs of this device, it still sounds like it doesn't do what I really would want it to do in order to replace by Blackberry 8820. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Handheld, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Video, Sirius, Android, Mesh Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-08-24
Android security team appeals to bug hunters: The security team for Google's nascent open-source mobile platform, Android, has attempted to raise its profile with the security community The security team behind Google's mobile platform, Android, has tried to raise its profile among security researchers by appealing for their vigilance in monitoring the platform. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Team, Mobile, Vulnerability, Security Team, Mobile Platform, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, Google, Android, SDK, open source, security; News items 2008-08-19
Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge: So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers: After an expansion phase that saw the introduction of the iPhone, Android, LiMo, and JavaFX Mobile, the mobile phone platform landscape is shrinking again. Nokia today announced it plans to spend $410 million to acquire the pieces of Symbian Ltd. that it doesn't already own, and...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Eclipse, Android, Eclipse Public License, Eclipse Foundation, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Patrick Brady dissects Android: Patrick Brady of Google's partner group provided a detailed technical tour of the internals of the Android platform during his recent talk at Google I/O 2008 titled "Anatomy and Physiology of an Android". Topics included Linux kernel enhancements, the Bionic library (Google's slimmed down version of libc), Android functional and...; Tags: Google Inc., Library, Hardware, Patrick Brady, Android, Bionic, Surfaces, Audio Flinger, Dalvik, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-04

Jason Chen answers questions about Android: At the recent Google I/O 2008 conference, Jason Chen from the Android team presented a 90 minute introduction to Google's new software platform for mobile devices. Since I've written about Android basics before I'll just cover some of the points that were new or previously unclear. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Jason Chen, Android, Q., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-02
Android will be 100% open source, says Google: Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android "Android", including all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses, says Google. [ See also: Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform ]...; Tags: Google Inc., Apache Software Foundation, Android, Open Source, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-02
Google I/O doesn't disappoint: CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi checks in with News.com Senior Writer Stephen Shankland about the two-day Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. From demos of the Android touch screen to details on the Google App Engine (don't forget the free junk food), Shankland calls the event a success.; Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Stephen Shankland, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, News, kara tsuboi, steven shankland, google, android, developer; Videos 2008-05-30
A gaggle of Google I/O predictions: CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Stephen Shankland discuss the upcoming Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Could a second mobile SDK be released? Or maybe the winner of the Android developer contest?; Tags: Google Inc., I/O, News, kara tsuboi, steven shankland, google, sdk, android, iphone, apple, conferences; Videos 2008-05-28
Sudoku ported to Android: I've written a free Android version of Sudoku. It's very basic, but after I clean it up I hope it will serve as a good example to beginning Android programmers. Here's a screen shot: The source code and binaries can currently be found...; Tags: Touch Screen, Theme, Eclipse, Documentation, Emulator, Android, Android Life Cycle, Android SDK, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-02-28
Nokia debuts Android phone, sort of: No, Nokia is not jumping on the Android bandwagon yet, but the new Nokia 6210 Navigator reviewed by ZDNet's Matthew Miller points the direction ahem for Android phones set to debut later this year. The centerpiece of this device is Nokia Maps 2.0 (think Google Maps meets...; Tags: Phone, Nokia Corp., Hardware, Nintendo Wii, Android, Android Software Development Kit, Telecom & Utilities, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-02-18
New Android UI: Here is a quick demo of the new UI for Android by Garett Rogers; Tags: android, ui; Image galleries 2008-02-15
Android: It's real!: Vincent Nguyen over at Phone Magazine posted a video of Android software running on off-the-shelf hardware at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The phone, by Chinese manufacturer E28, is currently shipping with Linux and a custom software stack. But E28 says it was relatively easy to port Android to...; Tags: Phone, Android, Chipsets, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-02-13
Android at WMC from a developer's perspective: Android is building momentum at the Mobile World Congress '08 in Barcelona this week. Companies like Texas Instruments have been showing off prototypes running the Android operating system -- and by the sounds of it, people can't get enough. Engadget has some early pictures of what attendees are...; Tags: Developer, Operating System, Barcelona, Engadget, Photograph, Android, Scanners, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Operating Systems, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Software, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-02-11
How Android works: The big picture: [This article is part of a continuing series on Android, Google's new mobile phone platform. It is excerpted from an upcoming book. --Ed] Some parts of Android will be familiar, such as the Linux Kernel, OpenGL, and the SQL database. Others may be completely foreign, such as...; Tags: Google Inc., Layer, Android, Programming Languages, Linux, Java, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-01-28
Java vs. Android APIs: Google's mobile phone platform, Android, supports a relatively large subset of the Java Standard Edition 5.0 library. Some things were left out because they simply didn't make sense like printing, and others because better APIs are available that are specific to Android like user interfaces. This article lists what is...; Tags: Google Inc., Java 2, API, Android, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-01-14
Getting started with Android: Android is the new mobile phone SDK created by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. In a couple of years, it's expected to be powering millions of cell phones, making Android a major platform for application developers. Whether you're a hobbyist or a professional programmer, whether you're doing it for...; Tags: Google Inc., SDK, Eclipse, Plug-in, Android, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2007-12-16
Report: Verizon Wireless to support Google's Android: Those winds of change at Verizon Wireless are swirling. Just a few days after opening up its network, Verizon Wireless is planning on supporting Google's Android platform. BusinessWeek quotes Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam saying that the case for Android is pretty good. "We're planning on using...; Tags: Google Inc., BusinessWeek, Verizon Wireless, Android, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Richard Monson-Haefel responds, still gets it wrong: Last week I took Burton group analyst Richard Monson-Haefel to task for a post he made about Android. Yesterday he responded and attempted to clarify his position in "Why Microsoft Loves Google Android, Take 2". While Richard deserves credit for being a good sport about my criticism, I still disagree...; Tags: JCP, Richard Monson-Haefel, Android, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2007-12-03
Why Microsoft hates Google's Android: Richard Monson-Haefel, an analyst at the Burton group, just posted a sarcastic and inaccurate analysis of Android on the company's blog. In his article, called "Why Microsoft Loves Google's Android", Monson-Haefel claims that Microsoft should be "secretly celebrating" Google's introduction of Android. "Android is perhaps the best thing to happen...; Tags: Java Platform, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Android, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2007-11-28