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Google's Android Cellphone SDK Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

AchiIIe writes "The android SDK has been released to the wild. As expected it features the Linux Kernel, low level libraries such as FreeType, OpenGL, SQL Lite, WebKit (as a web browser), a custom Java Bytecode interpreter that is highly specialized for the CPU. A common java API is provided. A video has been posted with an the overview of the API." SM: Several readers have also written to mention the Android Developer Challenge offering $10 million in prizes for cool mobile apps.

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  1. a COOL app by cadience · · Score: 4, Funny

    a TODO list!! ;-)

  2. Re:Incorrect repository URL? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The 'p' is for 'paranoid'.

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    This guy's the limit!
  3. ZOMG! by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a Cylon!

    I demand that henceforth we all refer to the runtime as the Dalek VM.

  4. This cannot be true! by sribe · · Score: 4, Funny

    The android SDK has been released...

    No it hasn't. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! IT'S JUST VAPORWARE! IT'S JUST A PLAN ON PAPER! THERE'S NOTHING BEHIND IT, NO SPECS, NO DETAILS!

    I'm 100% sure this is the case because Steve Ballmer said so. All claims to the contrary must therefore be lies.

  5. Re:$10E7 ? by LoonyMike · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I've been doing too much hex math, I read it as 4327 dollars.

  6. First Post? by dfj225 · · Score: 3, Funny

    First post from the Android emulator? Its slow as balls, btw...

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    SIGFAULT
  7. Dollars? by nicklott · · Score: 3, Funny

    $10 million in prizes I hope that's Canadian dollars, US might not cover your ADSL charges...
  8. Re:Java is not bad for mobile phones. by tkinnun0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you sure you're not breaking an EULA somewhere by alluding to benchmarks comparing .NET to other languages?

  9. Re:Terr'rists, Italians and Quebecers not allowed. by jrumney · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Italy, contests are only allowed if Berlusconi wins.

  10. Re:OMG! Sergei Brin's Outfit! Long Slv T-shirts FT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    He probably has a personal shirt wrinkler on staff who works for hours to give his shirts that perfect, geeky, slept-in look.