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I ran across this nice overview of Google Android.
Here’s a snippet, describing what you might be able to do with it, once it’s available to the masses:
OK, so what sorts of things might I be able to do with a phone running Android?The sky’s the limit really. Just think of all the weird and wonderful internet apps out there that are mashing things up. An SDK for Android has been released and developers are busy getting down and dirty with it – some early apps were on show at MWC. But as one example of what might be possible, a developer could write an app that grabs a GPS-positioning feed from public transport, mash that up with Google Maps and then get a user’s phone to send an alert when the bus/train etc is a few minutes away.
(Hands up if you want your phone to be able to do that… )Google hopes all manner of locally flavoured apps will bring Android phones to life – and is currently offering a hefty $10m in prize money to encourage developers to do their thang. Which is one way of trying to turn dream into reality.
Beyond the user experience, Google reckons Android will have benefits for the mobile industry too – it has talked about it speeding up the process of getting new phones and apps to market, because it says the ‘complete application framework’, which Android will provide, can be put on chipsets with a lot less work.
Whether this is all just PR fluff again remains to be seen. It’s worth making the point again that Android is still a mobile embryo so there’s a heck of a lot of ‘unknown unknowns’ flying around it. Analysts are being terribly cautious about making predictions – a sure-fire sign Android is an unproven unproven.
I still don’t know — it sounds like the iPhone may still be my preferred choice.
wow.. it is true? thank you for posting, thanks for added information.
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