Android is being talked about and making big news here in America as new handsets flood the market with the open source OS. However Android is also very popular in other parts of the world as well. Samsung has announced that it plans to launch more Android handsets in India.

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Hampus Jakobsson, co-founder of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) predicts that the Android platform will shake up the mobile market and pave the way for new phone manufacturers to enter the marketplace. The new platform will lower the bar for developers. “There will be an explosion of new phone manufacturers. This is going to be really positive, especially from a user’s point of view.”

Jakobsson’s company The Astonishing Tribe is partially responsible for creating the new Android mobile platform. The actual building of the phone is simple, as it has become more commoditised over the years. The trick is getting the phone to appeal to the target audience.
Android and the OHA will enable more companies to do that. Members of the group include not only manufacturers, but silicon vendors, UI builders, all the people someone would need to help build a device.”

“Android and the OHA will enable more companies to do that. Members of the group include not only manufacturers, but silicon vendors, UI builders, all the people someone would need to help build a device.” Jakobsson believes that Android will enable these new companies to more effectively target their desired audiences, as the mobile phone evolves from a standard device into a more universal unit.

With regard to the future, Jakobsson hinted that Android might have influence on user interfaces. “The UI should be less visible and have more influence,” he added. “We’re going to see a lot of invisible interaction, such as mobile payment on the subway. Users are going to be looking at the screen less.”

Google announced the Android Developer Challenge (ADC) Preliminary results, The Top 50 in 1788 entries.Each winner earns $25,000 initial prize.with the opportunity to get $ 275,000 in later.Android Review Sites picks Top5 android software.

Top 1 Android Scan

Android Scan discovers metadata and pricing for any product with a barcode. After a code is scanned automatically into the phone using the camera, you can get images of CDs, DVDs or book covers along with detailed reviews on Amazon. It will also display a list of stores nearby that offer the product, links to online storefronts, online music sample tracks and local library searches.

Top 2 Breadcrumbz

Breadcrumbz navigation allows users to record a line through the picture rather than map, Goal is to develop a social network of procedures, Goal is to develop a social network procedures, to share the geographical location.

Top 3 Pocket Journey

Pocket Journey “connects your location to the voices of a global community of artists, historians, architects, musicians, comedians and others so you can quickly know everything about anywhere.” The app will rely on a community to provide in-depth information about a particular area for tourists or locals looking to explore.

Top 4 Golf Play

Golf Play provides a virtual reality environment, the game scoring record of supporting players, the ball’s location and weather conditions performance.

Top5 Commandro

commandro is a strong social network applications, allows users to communicate through the Internet and friends of coordination and planning activities

Incredible, but it can be done: installing Google Android on a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Actually, the guide is mostly about running Android on OMAP processors, including the N810 running on an OMAP2 based OMAP2420. It’s not for the faint hearted though: the guide assumes you are familiar with the basics of embedded ARM Linux.

If you happen to have a Sharp Zaurus gathering dust, you could also try the tutorial about running Android on a Sharp Zaurus.

The G1 has only been official for an hour or so, but that hasn’t stopped Walt Mossberg from putting out his extensive pre-review first-impressions. The man who we all thought was surgically attached to his iPhone seems particularly taken with the T-Mobile device, citing slick software, the inclusion of MMS and Street View and “more flexibility in organizing your desktop, or home screen, than the iPhone, or almost any phone”.

However, he also saves some criticism for the G1. The lack of multitouch is an obvious black mark for the handset, as is the non-standard headphone socket. It also lacks automatic screen rotation, and the included 1GB memory card is far smaller than the $199 iPhone 3G’s 8GB. Still, a removable battery and a hardware keyboard that’s said to be “OK, but not great” are both improvements over the Apple device.

“In sum, the G1 is a powerful, versatile device which will offer users a real alternative in the new handheld computing category the iPhone has occupied alone” Walt Mossberg

In all, though, Mossberg seems quite taken with the T-Mobile G1, and Android as a fledgling platform. He’s promising a full review soon; of course, we’ll have our own hands-on first impressions as well, so keep reading Android Community!

T-Mobile today announced the launch of the world’s first Android-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. Available soon for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents, the T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes the Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.


T-Mobile customers in the U.S. have the opportunity to pre-order the T-Mobile G1, in limited quantities, beginning today at www.T-MobileG1.com. The device will be available at select T-Mobile retail stores and online in the U.S. beginning Oct. 22, for a price of $179 with a two-year voice and data agreement. The T-Mobile G1 will also be available in the United Kingdom beginning in November, and across Europe in the first quarter of 2009. Countries include Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and the Netherlands.

With one-click contextual search, T-Mobile G1 customers in a flash can search for relevant information with a touch of a finger. A full HTML Web browser allows users to see any Web page the way it was designed to be seen, and then easily zoom in to expand any section by simply tapping on the screen.

The T-Mobile G1 features a rich HTML e-mail client, which seamlessly syncs your e-mail, calendar and contacts from Gmail as well as most other POP3 or IMAP e-mail services. The T-Mobile G1 multitasks, so you can read a Web page while also downloading your e-mail in the background. It combines Instant Messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger in the U.S.

With Google Maps, Google’s groundbreaking maps service, T-Mobile G1 users can instantly view maps and satellite imagery, as well as find local business and get driving directions, all from the phone’s easy-to-use touch interface. The T-Mobile G1 also includes Google Maps Street View, allowing customers to explore cities at street-level virtually while on the go. The Google Maps will also sync with the built-in compass on the phone to allow users to view locations and navigate 360 degrees by simply moving the phone with their hand.

The T-Mobile G1 comes pre-loaded with a new application developed by Amazon.com that gives customers easy access to Amazon MP3, Amazon.com’s digital music download store with more than 6 million DRM-free MP3 tracks. Using the new application, T-Mobile G1 customers are able to search, sample, purchase and download music from Amazon MP3 directly to their device (downloading music from Amazon MP3 using the T-Mobile G1 requires a Wi-Fi connection; searching, sampling and purchasing music can be done anywhere with a cellular connection). The T-Mobile G1 will be the first device with the Amazon MP3 mobile application pre-loaded.

Specifications:

* Processor: Qualcomm MSM7201A, 528 MHz
* Operating System: Android
* ROM: 256 MB / RAM: 192 MB
* microSD memory card slot
* Dimensions: (LxWxT) 117.7 mm x 55.7 mm x 17.1 mm
* Weight: 158 grams
* Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution
* HSDPA/WCDMA:
o Europe: 2100 MHz
o US:1700/2100 MHz
* Up to 7.2 Mbps down-link (HSDPA) and 2 Mbps up-link (HSUPA) speeds
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Keyboard Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard
* built-in GPS receiver and map software
* Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
* Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11b/g
* HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
* 3.2 megapixel camera
* Battery: 150 mAh Lithium-ion
* Talk time: Up to 350 minutes for WCDMA / Up to 406 minutes for GSM
* Standby time: Up to 402 hours for WCDMA / Up to 319 hours for GSM
* Digital Compass, Motion Sensor

In a session at the Google Developer Day in London, Google executive Mike Jennings demonstrated a working Android mobile phone. According to Jennings, who is the head of Android development, this is “the first time in Europe.” The new handset looked like the HTC Dream, which is rumoured to be launching as soon as the next fortnight. The branding of the handset had been covered up.

In the demonstration, Jenning showed Google Maps, but without the Street View. “The cool stuff is running your own apps”, said Jennings. “I spent two hours writing my own apps using a background thread and surface view to access the hardware buffer.” He then showed ‘blue dot application’ which was hooked in to the accelerometer in the device. There is also built-in GPS in the device, as expected. Jennings claimed it was running with 40 frames per second on the handset.
Technically little seemed to have changed from the earlier leaked videos, but this device looked more polished, as a finished commercial device. Jennings continued: “Manufacturers are not going to be charged for putting this on their phones. Lots of people use mobile phones. Lots of people in Europe have two. We wanted to get into that. We’re really hoping the mobile community comes round this and continues to bring it forward. We think it’s cool. You’ll be able to write apps and distribute them to friends very easily.”

“I can’t show it off any more, I’ll be out of a job,” added Jennings, when someone in the public asked him to make a call on an Android headset. He confessed that he uses one of the handsets, but not in public.

Google is very intelligent,Android platform full use of open source projects, such as Android emulator – Qemu.Eclipse plug-in by developers to complete Android ADT Plugin Development. like the iPhone Safari browser rendering engine webkit, at the same time.Graphic aspects of the natural use of the Linux platform on the OpenGL ES 3D graphics library, can naturally and Windows Mobile on the DirectX comparable. Android in the data stored on the use of open source project called SQLite.


Android the core of the use of open-source Linux kernel.

Therefore Android mainly used below has opened the source project:

1.Linux Kernel – Android Core

2.Qemu – Android Emulator

3.Webkit – Browser

4.OpenGL ES – 3D Graphic Library

5.Eclipse – Android IDE

6.SQLite – DataBase

But we can not say that Google does not do anything, just assembled by the Android, Google completed a set of set agreement stack, for example, enhance the Linux kernel,Dalvik virtual machine,etc. Of course, Google has not publicly present some code, such as Dalvik virtual machine, and other multimedia decoders.

Vincent attended the AT&T Media lunch where Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T discussed the company’s plans to collaborate with Google in producing handsets running the open-source Android OS. In discussing upcoming handsets, de la Vega revealed that, following demonstrations of Android prototypes and discussion with the Google team behind the platform, he was convinced to one day include cellphones based on it in AT&T’s range.

“What I’m saying is I like it a lot more than before … We’re now looking to see when it’s ready to be developed. Now I’m in the camp where I’m positive that it’s something I’d want in our portfolio” Ralph de la Vega today, president and CEO, AT&T

According to de la Vega, one of the key positive points of Android is the flexibility handset manufacturers and carriers have in customizing the OS, leading to the possibility of an AT&T branded cellphone that runs the Google platform but is unique in its appearance. Google has always maintained that it will not limit Android handset to its own suite of mobile apps, but allow developers to add to, edit or replace them with their own preference.

Current partners to the Open Handset Alliance have verbally agreed not to modify the OS to the point that applications coded for it will not run on other Android-based devices; it is unclear what affect, if any, AT&T’s intentions will have on this.