Oh ok, so something like this from 2006? I can't find a video, but that's the phone, and Android version details, they apparently revealed during the Oracle trial. I agree the prototype phone *looks* like a generic Blackberry but the OS implemented "functional apps included the dialer, home screen, messaging app, contacts, and an early example of Android's ubiquitous WebKit-based browser; implementations of Google Talk, Gmail, Calendar, MMS, "chat-based SMS" (presumably a threaded messaging app), and POP email".
Considering this was before the iPhone was released I suppose you could technically say that it was developed as a competitor to the Blackberry.
As far as I'm aware the first phone released with Android OS was the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 (UK) and it had 1.5/1.6. This iteration of Android had an iPhone-eque look and feel. Maybe you're referring to the initial goal of Android Inc. at conception, prior to Google's investment?
I'm sure Google only open sourced Android due to the length of time to market it would have taken them to produce a competitor to the iPhone all on their own. It certainly worked a treat in stunting the iPhone's considerable growth, but just imagine what Apple's mobile market share would have been without stable/functional Android wielding devices being available ~2009. HTC should take as much, if not more, credit as Google for Android's success.
..who has done more to change the face of the world, for the better, with one selfless action than decades of military action and varying degrees of sanctions,
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Obligatory :)
Yes, I do agree...hearing this fucking joke 640,000 times ought to be enough for everybody...
15360 times to go :)
Oh ok, so something like this from 2006? I can't find a video, but that's the phone, and Android version details, they apparently revealed during the Oracle trial. I agree the prototype phone *looks* like a generic Blackberry but the OS implemented "functional apps included the dialer, home screen, messaging app, contacts, and an early example of Android's ubiquitous WebKit-based browser; implementations of Google Talk, Gmail, Calendar, MMS, "chat-based SMS" (presumably a threaded messaging app), and POP email".
Considering this was before the iPhone was released I suppose you could technically say that it was developed as a competitor to the Blackberry.
As far as I'm aware the first phone released with Android OS was the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 (UK) and it had 1.5/1.6. This iteration of Android had an iPhone-eque look and feel. Maybe you're referring to the initial goal of Android Inc. at conception, prior to Google's investment?
I'm sure Google only open sourced Android due to the length of time to market it would have taken them to produce a competitor to the iPhone all on their own. It certainly worked a treat in stunting the iPhone's considerable growth, but just imagine what Apple's mobile market share would have been without stable/functional Android wielding devices being available ~2009. HTC should take as much, if not more, credit as Google for Android's success.
Arab Spring..
..who has done more to change the face of the world, for the better, with one selfless action than decades of military action and varying degrees of sanctions,
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BuildingCommunitieswithSo.html
A video of AROS on the RPi in action...
Pascal Papara's Broadway AROS project has been brought to the Raspberry Pi by Stephen Jones. There's also an ARM6 hosted version of the AROS project available.
You'd need 2073600. :-/