Android GTalk client application

Learn and download the *Unoficial* Android’ GTalk Client Application here. Hurry up! :-)

Some features to expect from Google Phone

To some extend, I believe that gPhone (or Google Phone with its Android’s platform) would be the phone of the future.

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I-wood vs gPhone?

The idle screen of a cellular phone now can show mobile advertisement. A Dutch company i-wood has made it possible. The most interesting thing is that the banners are stored locally and are synchronized periodically with the servers of i-wood.

Sounds nice, why do we need Android (gphone) at all ;) ? I-wood even has quite witty promotional video, much better than Google’s

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Google, Sun headed for showdown over Android

This is a crucial issues between Google and Sun in term of using Java application. Google created Dalvik in order to avert paying license to Sun?

Instead of using the standards-based Java Micro Edition (JME) as an engine to run Java applications, Google wrote its own virtual machine for Android, calling it Dalvik. There are technical advantages and disadvantages to using Dalvik, developers say, but technology may not have been the driver for Google.

Google most likely built Dalvik as a way to get around licensing issues with Sun that would have come with using JME, said Stefano Mazzocchi, a developer and board member at Apache Labs.

Wireless via SlashDot

HTC Omni for Android?

There is some speculation that HTC latest model, Omni, will be built with Google’s Android platform. It’s make sense, I think…

CruchGear via 3GWeek

A first look at the Google Phone!

Wait until the second half of next year for your Google Phone, er, Android Phone. Thanks to Miguel Helft of Bits’ NYTimes.com, it’s a first look at the Google Phone!

Google’s phone SDK is available for download

It’s a good news for developers. Today Google offers an early look at the Android SDK.

You’re probably wondering about what’s available today. This preview of the SDK will allow you to develop Android applications that you can run, test, profile, and debug using the emulator and the other included tools. Note that the look and feel of the user interface in the emulator is a placeholder for a final version that is under development.

Google calling: Android’s developers!

Developers can start to build applications around Google’s new Android open-source mobile operating system. The internet giant company provided $10 million in awards to developer who create excellent application for Android. (more…)

HTC to develop phone for Google’s Android

Taiwan’s phone manufacturer, HTC, to make phone for Google’s Android platform. It is expected to be launched in Europe by second half of 2008.

Coming soon: Google’s Android phone!

I can’t hardly wait what kind of the gPhone like. It seems provided byother vendors, but the Google Phone platform, would be interesting to enjoy.

No Google phone exists yet, but the search giant already announced an open platform for mobile-phone apps. Read the-almost-complete FAQ about the Android, the Google phone, and the Open Handset Alliance provided by PCWorld here.

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