Posts tagged Android
Flash on Android – Sure!
Jun 12th
According to an article on Engadget, Adobe Expects Flash to be on 250 million devices by 2012, and Android devices will be apart of that.
Good thing I have an Android phone, and it is especially good thing that I have a Nexus One. As the rivalry between Apple and Adobe/Android heats up, we shall see who wins (my money is on Adobe/Android) , but to all the geeks out there, we know the importance (and how cool it is) of having Flash on your phone. Who cares about the battery? That’s why they make them removable… well, except for the iPhone.
Nexus One: Unboxing
Jun 12th
It was April 12, 2010, when I picked up my Nexus One from FedEx (approx 2 days after I ordered it). The anticipation of the phone was so great that I sped down 28th street so I could get home and take it out of the box. Once home, I opened the brown box, and unveiled the prettiest white box I have ever seen. There it was, on my kitchen table, my Nexus One.
As I unwrapped the contents of the box, I was fascinated by the detail of the packaging. And there it was, my N1. The phone appeared to be so much thinner than my Apple iPhone 3G and the weight seemed considerably less. Gorgeous piece of hardware. I made sure to read the directions before turning it on (I didn’t want to mess it up). Once I put my AT&T sim card in the phone, I booted it up. I was blown away by the quality of the screen. The AMOLED screen was bright, crisp and a billion times better than my iPhone’s screen.
As I waited for the phone to charge, I couldn’t help admire my new toy.
My iPhone replacement.
Hello Android, welcome to my world.
Evolution of Android
Jun 10th
By now there is a good chance you have heard of Android. The mobile operating system that is pushing Apple to the brink of insanity. But that’s a good thing, right?
Android will be found on almost 100 phones by the end of 2010. It was created by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google with the goal of keeping mobile devices open for development. The software has been available as open source since October of 2008.
The first phone to run Android was the HTC Dream and ran version 1.0. The phone is also known as the Google Phone or G1.
The first official software release was made available in May of 2009 and it’s name was Cupcake (1.5). Cupcake’s Platform Highlights include various user interface refinements and key feature updates. After 1.5 came, you guessed it, 1.6 – Donut. In October 2009, only five months after a major Android update, Donut was released. The update was minor, but still brought some key enhancements to the mobile operating system. In January of 2010, Android released 2.0/2.1 (Eclair) which added some additional features. Again, this upgrade was minor, but needed to fix bugs and upgrade the API. Are you noticing a pattern here? Android puts out updates fast and they name them after food.
The latest Android SDK release was 2.2 (Froyo). The SDK was made available to developers in May of 2010. Although Google is calling the software release minor, few people see it as such. Some of the key features that I am looking forward to: tethering, mobile hot spots, the Davik Performance boost, and many others.
From what I can tell Android is going to continue to put out updates at least once per year. And if you were following along, Android released four updates in the past year. That’s pretty incredible.