Lots of Android news out today. First, lets pick up on the Engadget news. The SDK has been released along with a new set of videos. The first video shows two types of device being demo’d and gives us some nice information about the applications and features of the device.
The browser is built on WebKit (as is Nokia’s Series 60 browser) which has a graphical history feature (again, similar to the S60 browser) there’s touchscreen support, maps integration and 3D support along with media support for MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG and GIF. The whole architecture sits on the Linux 2.6 kernel meaning both ARM and X86 processors should be supported.
The video demo doesn’t actually look all that amazing but there’s two things to consider. 1) This is just the core set of applications. 2) Google have set aside $10m to give to app developers. That should stir some interest! See the Android developers Challenge for more info.
I’m off to dive into some more info and the rest of the videos on the Android developers YouTube channel. Back soon!
Via Engadget.
