Google releasing public Android SDK today? [Confirmed]
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It appears that Google is currently releasing the public Android software development kit (SDK), which lets developers and manufactures build on its operating system for upcoming phones.
[Update: This is confirmed. The code has now been released.]
The move comes as HTC prepares to release the first Google Android phone. HTC also just won approval from the FCC for the phone.
We found out about the new SDK, because Google is changing and updating several files and permissions… Continue Reading
The iPhone’s potential downfall: Lack of mechanical keyboard
If there’s a potential disaster awaiting Apple’s iPhone, it’s that the smart cellphone lacks a mechanical keyboard.
It forces users to use a touch-screen keyboard, something that may throw of millions of young people accustomed to texting quickly on basic phones and, for that matter, also older professionals used to typing slowly on a full keyboard offered by a Palm or Blackberry.
There’s a story about this “billion-dollar gamble” in the NYT today.
Also, check out the… Continue Reading