Archive for August, 2008

EA Mobile Will Wait to Release Games on Android

August 30th, 2008 Admin No Comments »

EA Mobile, a division of EA Games, states:

“EA will support the Android platform, as any platform that can deliver a robust game experience is good for introducing new consumers to mobile games,” they say. “EA Mobile has elected to wait for the launch of a content billing solution to bring their premier IP to market.”

This obviously doesn’t come to a surprise to us, since EA is big business and we all know big business loves money. The more interesting thing to note is that this might affect other developers who would also loved to get paid for their efforts, something that Android currently doesn’t support.

So will we see a lack of earth-moving apps because the current system only supports free apps? Are us early adopters going to have to wait until Google figures out how to monetize Android Market?

Hopefully not but probably so.

Source: androidcentral.com

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Samsung and LG to release Android phones in Q3 2009

August 25th, 2008 Admin No Comments »

Well it looks like everyone is eventually going to join the Android Party. Samsung and LG are expected to take a wait and see approach with Android and will probably come out with Android Devices in the second half of 2009 “at the earliest”.

Though we at AndroidCentral would absolutely love a Samsung Instinct or LG Dare to run Android, it’s a safe move on Samsung and LG’s part, waiting almost a year to see how Android shapes up and let HTC and T-Mobile take the first hit on bugs, problems, and the like.

We can see more and more phone makers announce future Android plans but they’ll likely keep a close eye on the T-Mobile G1. As for the T-Mobile G1, it’ll likely succeed considering it’s going to be the only Android device on the market.

source: unwiredview.com and androidcentral.com

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VISA to Offer Applications For Android

August 20th, 2008 Admin No Comments »

VISA has announced that they are going to offer an application in Android that will deliver notifications about Chase Visa Customers and Android Users. The plan is to give account activity updates, transfer money, show merchant offers, and also a unique location-based service that will allow Android Users to see where the merchants are offering specials.

If it succeeds, Visa will extend this type of relationship with other banks. Hey, pretty soon all we would have to carry is just an Android Device right?

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Motorola Building 350-Person Android Team

August 10th, 2008 Admin No Comments »

Having not been able to capitalize on the success of the original RAZR (has it been 4 years already?), Motorla is obviously in need of some shaking up. With sales declining and fewer and fewer capable models left in the pipeline, it should come to no surprise that Motorola is betting on the Android (after all, they are a member of the Open Handset Alliance). What is a surprise is how big they are betting.

TechCrunch is reporting that they have 50 people already on the Android Team and are planning to expand the Android division to 350 people strong. Obviously, Motorola needs to plan for the future and with Android looking like the next biggest thing, it isn’t surprising that Motorola is hinging their success with Android. Motorola is already heavily involved in the Windows Mobile Game, so making a phone for Android (with no licensing costs) is a no brainer.

After all, Motorola still makes pretty phones..it’s just that shoddy software that has disinterested folks.

Source: androidcentral.com

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Google Publishes New Android Roadmap

August 1st, 2008 Admin No Comments »

For months, Google stayed mum on all things Android. Developers were beginning to wonder how ‘open’ Android was really going to be and with no updates to the Android SDK how could we blame them? Luckily, Google became aware of the situation and published an Android roadmap that detailed the plan that will lead to launch of 1.0.

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The Current Android Timeline:

* 12 November, 2007 – “Early Look” SDK released
* January to August, 2008 – Android Developer Challenge I
* 18 August, 2008 – Android 0.9 SDK beta released
* September 2008 – additional Android 1.0 (pre) SDK releases made available, as necessary
* Q3 – Q4 2008 – Android 1.0 SDK release 1 available (first actual 1.0-compatible SDK)
* Q4 2008 – Android 1.0 devices available at retail
* Q4 2008 – Source code released
* Q4 2008 – Key Announcement on Android Developer Challenge II

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