Google Revs Android, FCC Approves First Phone

Posted by kdawson on Monday August 18, 2008 @06:30PM from the dream-machine dept.

Cycon writes "Google has announced, 'We're releasing a beta SDK. You can read about the new Android 0.9 SDK beta at the Android Developers' Site, or if you want to get straight to the bits, you can visit the download page.' A new Development Roadmap has also been released to help developers understand the direction the software is taking (as this is still only a Beta release). In addition, the FCC has approved the HTC Dream, and it is believed Google and T-Mobile will launch the phone in the US on November 10, since a confidentiality request attached to the application asks the FCC to keep details secret until that date."

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Re:many carries are open, Apple is not by Anonymous Coward · 2008-08-18 20:30 · Score: 5, Informative

Are you saying that the carriers rejected the iPhone because they thought its closed nature would make it unsuccessful in the market? Or maybe they were making a moral stand for consumer openness?
Carriers rejected the iPhone because Apple wanted a monthly revenue sharing agreement.