Sunday, May 31, 2009

ANDROID by Google

It's a bit frightening but google seems to be EVERYWHERE! Well, apart from every other project that you run accross - soon you'll meet ANDROID ! It's google's project for Mobile OS - something that will compete against Windows Mobile and iPhone OS. However, the 'plus' of Android is that is uses Linux and i bet soon enough they'll find an easy way to compile linux packages for android - so you'll be able to use software like ThunderBird, Firefox, Pidgin etc natively on any android platform (mobile). That's not a fact - it's a guess. I have already tried some ANDROID builds that run on WM6 devices thru emulation but still they are not stable. Dual booting between Android and WM6 would be a dream since several windows mobile applications are not ported to Android platform yet (for instance - GPS navigators). The first native android phone that came out , is G1 from HTC, but since LG , Motorola, Samsung are already members of Android , i expect soon a huge KABOOM of google's OS into mobile market. Sony & Ericsson are rumored to produce Android phones too. I guess Nokia will stick to it's Symbian OS (which was a masterpiece when i was using the Psion 5mx (SE MC218) but not that good nowdays.

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