Google Drops Bluetooth API From Android 1.0

Ian Lamont writes "Google has dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs from the set of tools for Android 1.0, but says that handsets using the Android OS will work with other Bluetooth devices such as headsets. According to a post on the official Android developer blog, Google dropped the Bluetooth API from the mobile OS because 'we plain ran out of time.' The GTalkService API was removed because of security concerns that included the possibility of applications revealing more details about users than they might want to let out, such as their real names and e-mail addresses."

Comments

I think I've seen this before

[bigtallmofo]

Google: The Microsoft of cell phones.

If they continue to follow the play book, next they'll drop several additional previously planned features and end by hiring a 90's sitcom star to convince people their product isn't as bad as they think.

Re:I think I've seen this before

[volpe]

Google: The Microsoft of cell phones.

You think Microsoft would drop a feature due to security concerns?

Huh?

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Google dropped the Bluetooth API from the mobile OS because 'we plain ran out of time.'

I don't get it. Aren't they going to Beta it for a couple of years?

Re:Huh?

[Colonel Korn]

The way Apple has locked down the iPhone may look draconian, but it also protects its users from all kinds of stuff you really don't want to worry about on your phone.

Like reliable reception?

So they say

[bockelboy]

Plain ran out of time? ... or CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORY!?!