source.android.com - 10/21/2008
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Today is a big day for Android, the Open Handset Alliance, and the open-source community. All of the work that we've poured into the mobile platform is now officially available, for free, as the Android Open Source Project. You'll be hearing a lot about Android devices. We've all put a lot of ...
source.android.com - 10/21/2008
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source.android.com —
Android is the first free, open source, and
fully customizable mobile platform. Android offers a full stack:
an operating system, middleware, and key mobile applications. It also contains a rich set of APIs that allows third-party developers to ...
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Welcome (Android Open Source Project)
digitimes.com - 10/29/2008
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digitimes.com —
Daniel Shen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 29
October 2008] Asustek Computer plans to launch its first
Android-based Google phone in the first half of 2009, according to company sources. Asustek may initially sell the Android-powered ...
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Asustek to launch Android handset in 1H09
securityevaluators.com - 10/28/2008
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securityevaluators.com —
Android phone. Welcome Charlie Miller, Mark Daniel, and
Jake Honoroff of Independent Security Evaluators identified and exploited
a security vulnerability in the Android operating system. The Android operating system, developed by Google, is open ...
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Exploiting Android
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Android source code hits the web
The Tech Report: News —
... 12:09 PM on October 21, 2008 On the eve of the first Android phone launch, Google has released the source code for the mobile operating system to the public. Here's what Google's Dave Bort says about the move in the official announcement: Android is not a single piece of hardware; it's a complete, end-to-end software platform that can be adapted to work on any number of hardware configurations. Everything is there, from the bootloader all the way up to the applications. And with an Android device already on the market, it has proven that it has what it takes to truly ...
Google Android source code released
DV Hardware —
... Google made the source code of its Android platform available for free today, you can get it over here. Android is not a single piece of hardware; it's a complete, end-to-end software platform that can be adapted to work on any number of hardware configurations. Everything is there, from the bootloader all the way up to the applications. And with an Android device already on the market, it has proven that it has what it takes to truly compete in the mobile arena.
Even if you're not planning to ship a mobile device any time soon, Android ...
Google releases Android source code
bit-tech.net News Feed —
If you're more interested in the potential of hacking Android itself around, rather than simply playing with a pre-made handset running a stock version of Google's mobile platform, then I've got some good news: yesterday, the project official went open source. According to a post on the official Android Open Source Project blog , the teams at Google and the Open Handset Alliance have finally released all the code for the mobile platform just ahead of the official retail availability of the first commercial product to use the system, the T-Mobile G1. Describing the project ...
Nokia Goes After Google with Open Source Symbian
Today @ PC World —
... and is seen as a bid to maintain and possibly grow its developer base. This move comes at the same time Google makes its Android source code available to developers . The Nokia news contradicts previous reports on ...
As Promised, Google Releases Android Code as Open Source for Tinkering
Maximum PC —
Coders, start your engines . The long awaited release of the Android source code has come to an end, thanks to the Android Open Source Project. The announcement, which was made just yesterday, hopes to potentially influence the future of mobile devices as a whole. Pretty ambitious! “Even if you're not planning to ship a mobile device any time soon, Android has a lot to offer,” writes Dave Bort ( ...
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