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Updated February 8th 2010
BOLD if available now / ITALICS is rumored release date
BOLD if available now / ITALICS is rumored release date
It is a open-source software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications to allow developers to develop Internet style applications on the phone.
It is based on the Linux OS and coded in a Java-like language, but It will only utilize Google’s Java libraries. Android is NOT Java technology even though it uses the Java programming language.
Any phone that utilizes Android software - Google announced there won’t be a gPhone per se as they currently have no interest in actually manufacturing the phone itself to directly compete with the iPhone.
Android runs off Linux 2.6 using a Dalvik VM (virtual machine) that is optimized for a minimal memory footprint.
Every Android application will run with its own instance of Dalvik, but it is not a JVM, according to Google’s developer advocate, Jason Chen.
Starting in January 2nd, 2008 Google has funded $10 million to challenge developers to develop applications for Android and there were 1788 submissions from 75 countries that joined the contest.
The first round concluded on April 14, 2008 with fifty entries being announced on May 5th and they each received $25,000.
On August 28th, 2008 twenty of first round entries won either $275,000 or $100,000.
Winners include cab4me, CompareEverywhere, Ecorio, GoCart, Life360, Locale, PicSay, Softrace, TuneWiki, Wertago, BreadCrumbz, Cooking Capsules, Maverick, PebbleBox, PhoneBook 2.0, Piggyback, Pocket Journey, Rayfarla, ShareYourBoard, & Teradesk e-Storage
The Android Developer Challenge 2 had its winners declared on Monday November 30th, 2009 and they include Plink Art, A World of Photo, Speed Forge 3D, What the Doodle!?, SweetDreams, Buzz Deck, WaveSecure, Ce:real – Everyday trends, Trip Journal, Rhythm Guitar
Snake, Google provided in the Android SDK release on November 12th, 2007, the classic game from the 1970s with the player controlling the direction of the snake as it constantly moves within a grid andeats food increasing its size. The purpose of this game is to last as long as possible by avoid running into itself or any of the boundaries.
The current Android SDK is Revision 4 from December 3rd 2009 for Windows, Mac, & Linux.
Andy Rubin started Android with Rich Miner in the Fall of 2003 as an idea to provide the mobile code for free, but profit by providing the support such as email management, security, and parent standards.
Andy Rubin is now the Director of Mobile Platforms at Google while Rich Miner is the Group Manager.
Mr. Rubin claims the mobile market is three times bigger than the Internet in 2008 as he points to the statistic of cell phone users totaling 3.2 billion compared to 850 million PC users.
A free open operating system and source code mobile platform in the spirit of Linux, so any coder could write for it, and the reach of Windows, so any handset maker could use it.
July 2005 at the estimated purchase price of approximately $50 million.
Google & The Open Handset Alliance.
Formed on November 5th, 2007 it currently includes 65 companies such as Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Intel, MIPS, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, LG, Motorola, Samsung, & Ebay.
Currently Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, HTC, ASUS, ACER, Garmin, Huawei, Toshiba, & Motorola.
T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel, Vodafone, China Mobile, KDDI, DoCoMo, Softbank Mobile, Telecom Italia, & Telefónica.
Wednesday October 22nd 2008 is when the HTC Dream was released by T-Mobile as the G1.
Sources: Google and direct sources
Google And Blog is cited & referenced as a top Android site in:
Michael,
Glad you have published this. I have been keeping a list for myself.
Assuming you are including OMS (Open Mobile System) phones in the Android category, then there are a few more you should definitely include:
Amoi
Coolpad
Dopod
Hisense
TCL Mobile
Yulong
It might also be interesting to compile a list of the silicon vendors that will be included in those aforementioned handsets. Here is a start to that list:
Chongqing Chongyou
Leadcore
Marvell
MediaTek
MIPs
Spreadtrum
ST Ericsson
T3G
TI
Qualcomm
As you can see, although the first Android phones to hit the market have been released in North America and Europe, the primary manufacturer (HTC) and greatest amount of foreseen activity is in Asia. It will be interesting to see how this all unfolds.
Open Kernel Labs plays a key role in the easing of development of Android devices. Our microvisor, OKL4, is the market leading embedded virtualization solution currently in more than 300MM devices, including some Android terminals. To get a better idea, check this out:
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Accompanying whitepaper will be available for download.
Cheers,
Tim Heath
Open Kernel Labs
In the list of Phones, after # 25, you have Oct 11th. I understand that several android phones may be announced around that date, but I don't recognize the phones below that line as being part of that list (of coures, you are more of an authority than I am). So what's up with those last few phones?
Steve,
That was due to my poor formatting as I proceed with the site's design change – I should have this resolved shortly.
To clarify October 11th is the rumored release date for the Samsung InstinctQ.
Great list…have more Android devices than I am aware of….
Please also check out my list here…..
My list includes more details, such as the complete specifications.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rdm8c2ZfSD...
Eric,
Great specifications list!
You are missing the acer aspire one laptop AOD250
Thank you for that omission – Updated.
Unfortunately, I only can place a pre-order at http://www.cndigit.com/sunno_s880, the customer support told me. This phone is popular. So it may wait other week. Hope it can arrive soon…exciting~~~~!!!
:)
KJL,
What made you choose the Sunno S880?