Build Your Own Android

If you’ve been following the goings-on in the mobile phone industry you will know that the Next Big Thing is likely to be Google and its Android operating system. Android is Open Source software and Google gunning hard for the big boys, namely Microsoft, Nokia and Apple, and actively encouraging users to contribute to its development, hence the Android Software Developer’s Kit (SDK), which you can now download and try for yourself.

Of course, it’s mostly aimed at programmers and developers, but there’s something for everyone and it contains a full Android Emulator, which basically means you can simulate the workings of an Android phone on your Windows Mac or Linux PC. All of the controls features and menu functions really work in fact the emulator does everything a real phone will be able to do, except make and take phone calls. To try it for yourself download and unzip the SDK and when it has installed you’ll find the emulator program in the Tools folder.

Download Android Software Developer’s Kit