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Google Releases the SDK For Version 1.6 of Android

Posted by timothy on from the equivalent-to-which-nexus-model? dept.

Qwavel writes "This release includes improvements to the Android Market, the Search Framework, and Text-to-Speech. It now has support for more screen resolutions and CDMA phones. Android 1.6 is based on v2.6.29 of the Linux kernel and is expected in phones that will be available next month. The mystery of Android 1.6, however, is Google's continued unwillingness to commit to a Bluetooth API and any Bluetooth functionality beyond the basic audio functions."

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  1. Why the hate towards bt? by toopok4k3 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Google doesn't seem to like bluetooth. But why? I don't see them making a new solution for short range wireless communications.

  2. Already using 1.6 more or less. by w0mprat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yet Android 2.0 is going to be the worthwhile update. It is expected to include multi-touch. Its irrating how slow development on the official Android source seems to be, it would have been nice to see this stuff 6 months to a year ago. Never fear, the community has taken matters in to their own hands. Modded ROMs such as Cyanogenmod http://www.cyanogenmod.com/ already incorporate the latest code far ahead of any ROM official releases from OEMs.

    If your on a edgy modded ROM your likely using 1.6 (Cupcake) and some 2.0 (Donut) code.

    (The latest experiemental Cyanogen ROM includes BFS (!) my first taste of the new scheduler on any system all I can say is the speed is mind boggling).

    Delightfully, there is a glut of android phones on the way from various OEMs which should see the market grow and the code improve. Not that Android needs improving, in a year of having a G1 it never needed a hard reset, even with shitty crashing applications. I can't say as much for my iPhone.

    Multitouch is coming to Android, now that Google is no longer affraid of Apple.

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  3. Re:I'd rather have an N900 by BusterB · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, the Native Development Kit (NDK) lets you build native code. There is a regular C/Unix environment underneath. If you look at a project like the Android Scripting Environment, they've managed to make Python, Ruby and Lua work on the phone, packaged as an .apk and not requiring root access. http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/

    You can compile pretty much anything for the phone, without needing root/Debian, though its not always as simple as 'apt-get install', for sure.