[News] Deeper Look at Google's SDK for Linux Phones, Linux Devices Passes FCC Test - Linux

A developer's perspective on Google's Android SDK

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| This in-depth, hands-on article introduces Android, Google's Linux/Java
| mobile phone SDK (software development kit). After a tour of Android's tools,
| documentation, and code samples, it suggests a path for further exploration
| and concludes with a simple applet showing the power and simplicity of the
| Android environment.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9900056470.html

ZipIt Z2 Wireless Messenger passes FCC

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| The ZipIt Wireless Messenger passed the FCC today.
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| This time it sports A color screen, and still runs Linux. So let the hacking
| begin, available soon for about $150.
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http://blog.big-dutch.com/?p=87


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Zipit gets Linux, gets on the web, teenagers around the globe
scream with glee

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| Zipit, the WiFi Instant Messenger that lets kids IM and um, IM,
| has been stuffed with Pixil, a PDA Linux OS.
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http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/26/z...-the-globe-sc/
http://tinyurl.com/uor2d


Emulate Google’s Android Mobile Stack in Linux

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| To try out the Android emulator, download and unzip the Linux SDK package.
| The emulator executable is located in the tools subdirectory.
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http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/1...tack-in-linux/


Google spending hundreds of millions on mobile

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| Anian, a Reuters company that tracks industry trends for institutional
| investors, reported last month that Google had engaged Taiwan's High Tech
| Computer Corpto design a Linux
| software-based phone for launch in the first quarter of 2008.
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http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/...yID=nN02242073


Linux Sees 'Astronomic' Growth in Mobile Devices

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| "We were very aware that the growth in mobile for Linux was huge, but we
| didn't know it was so astronomic," Amanda McPherson, marketing director for
| the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider. "These are very encouraging
| numbers." Why Linux has drawn significant support from the community of
| handset manufacturers can be explained on several fronts, McPherson said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59162.html


Google Android dev kit exposes Apple-inspired roots

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| The release to developers of Google's Linux-based Android operating system
| for mobile phones reveals that the prototype software shares at least a few
| aspects in common with interfaces from the company's Bay Area neighbor,
| Apple. Â*
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...red_roots.html