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Google Android released with SDK…

Google announced the other week the they were not releasing a gPhone but a Google operating system with the Open Handset Alliance. Android is the new OS for the mobile platform, which runs on the Linux 2.6 kernel. There’s already plenty of documentation for the OS including a few sample apps to view along with the Android SDK. These can be found on the link below.

Google Android

When the Bluetooth APIs get released I might even think about porting across my final year J2ME Bluejaw project. I think if Android really kicks off and gets picked up by many phone manufacturers then it might be a catalyst for Java to be used more effectively on mobile phones unlike current Java programs written with J2ME.

There’s also the fact that Google are willing to shell out a share of $10,000,000 (Ten Million US Dollars) to developers for their exceptional applications built upon Android.

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