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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. Read the rest of this entry »

Even though we have yet to see a working example let alone a prototype or even a mock-up, the announcement by Google on Monday of the Open Handset Alliance, which is behind the much-anticipated Android or ‘gPhone’, has sent a shiver of excitement through the industry. Thus far 34 companies have agreed to join the partnership to develop the phone, and there’s a speculation that one of them, Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, is especially keen to be on board as it would give them access to the very promising sounding Android software. Read the rest of this entry »