The mobile platform sponsored by Google as part of the Open Mobile Alliance, evolved from their 2005 acquisition of the company with the same name.
Resources:
| Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ||
| Jun 24 | HTC Hero running Android and Sense UI leaks from HTC‘s own website | Flash turns out to not be that exciting. Or useful. Plus the phone is plain ugly, and a lot thicker than what the first shot makes it look. |
| HTC Hero hands-on: Flash, keyboard and ruminations | ||
| Adobe demos Flash on the HTC Hero | ||
| Apr 29 | Vodafone suggests future Android phones could have less Google | People keep confusing the platform with the services. |
| Apr 27 | ||
| Loads of fun for various reasons. | ||
| Apr 20 | Introducing home screen widgets and the AppWidget framework | An interesting technote on how Android handles home screen widgets. |
| Apr 2 | Some Fun Facts About The Google Phone | Interesting stats about usage patterns. |
| Mar 5 | HTC black Magic (Sapphire) hands-on: a Vodafone exclusive | Very few decent shots |
| Feb 25 | Google blocks paid apps for unlocked G1 users | Interesting hint of fragmentation. |
| Feb 17 | HTC Magic is official, bringing Android to Vodafone sans keyboard | And after adding these links, this page now merits a direct, obvious, reference to my Disclaimer |
| HTC Magic in-depth hands-on, with video! | ||
| HTC Magic first eyes-on! | ||
| Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Magic Android phone | ||
| HTC Magic – The new Google Android mobile phone from Vodafone | ||
| Feb 13 | Android Market update: support for priced applications | Using Google Checkout, of course. |
| Android Market: Open for Business | A very nice (if shallow) analysis that bunches together some interesting tidbits of info. | |
| Feb 12 | TeleNav Does Turn-By-Turn on Android | Apparently US-only, which is a pity. |
| Jan 1 | Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010 | Dubious in both title and subject matter (we’ve known that Android could be made to run on PCs for a good while now. |
| 2008 | ||
| Dec 28 | AD IV: Programming Newbie | Tim Bray lists a few interesting resources for new developers |
| Dec 17 | Huawei powers up its Android plans | For Q3’09. Let’s see what they come up with. |
| Dec 9 | Open Handset Alliance announces 14 new members | including Sony Ericsson and Vodafone. Most people missed this last bit, which is fun. |
| Dec 8 | Unlocked Android: $399 | Development samples, available for purchase. |
| Nov 7 | Worst. Bug. Ever. | Although this was fixed fairly quickly, it is the perfect example of why mobile phones aren’t exactly trivial to “improve upon” using today’s technology. |
| Oct 31 | iPhone vs T-Mobile G1 | A short comparison. |
| Oct 24 | Android Phone Teardown | How weird is it that this is in Japan? |
| Oct 22 | HTC Dream T-Mobile G1 (black) Smartphone review | |
| Oct 21 | Android is now Open Source | Let’s see if someone will port this to Intel and get it running on a netbook… |
| Oct 16 | Almost Human: a review of Google’s Android G1 phone | Good reading – a thorough appraisal. |
| State of the Art – A Look at Google’s First Phone | Pogue weighs in. | |
| T-Mobile G1 review | ||
| T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review | ||
| Oct 15 | Review: Over 260 images and 5 videos of the T-Mobile G1 Google Android device | A tad overkill, but interesting nonetheless. |
| What Android Can Learn From the iPhone: It’s the Software, Stupid. | Brilliant title. | |
| The Google Phone Review: What I Love & Hate About T-Mobile G-1 | Om weighs in. | |
| Google answers the iPhone | Walt Mossberg’s take. | |
| T-Mobile G1 review | Engadget’s lenghty two-part article, covering hardware and software (loads of imagery). | |
| T-Mobile G1, a hands-on introduction to the first Android phone | Some interesting videos | |
| Review of the T-Mobile G1 Google phone | Pretty comprehensive gallery. | |
| Oct 9 | First T-Mobile G1 user review | Not particularly gushing. |
| Sep 23 | Video: Android walkthrough on T-Mobile G1 | A few demos |
| Sep 16 | Google shows off masked Android handset | About a year later, one of the first sightings of actual hardware (but running over Wi-Fi). I don’t get the “masked” bit, though – the hardware’s pretty obvious. |
| 2007 | ||
| Nov 11 | Wikipedia | Background info |
| Nov 12 | Android SDK | Includes plenty of links to videos and reference information |