“Google used its London Developer Day on Tuesday to show a late build of its Android mobile operating system in an event that suggests continuing resistance to the platform,” Electronista reports.
“Using what’s now largely accepted as a prototype of the T-Mobile G1, Android chief Michael Jennings demonstrated the phone’s full HTML browser as well as its version of Google Maps and the accelerometer, which can affect both the operating system as well as specific programs,” Electronista reports.
“The atmosphere at the event was nonetheless apprehensive, according to anecdotal reports from the British event. Although every developer at the presentation was aware of Android, only a handful of “two or three” were actively creating programs for the software, with most described as hesitant to write code for the device versus the iPhone,” Electronista reports. “So far, only T-Mobile has elected to carry an Android phone in the US while Verizon and others have so far expressed just initial interest.”
Full article , with video of the Android presentation, here.
Where’s the google cheerleader? He must be in a meeting up in the clouds somewhere…
yawn
Wow, Thanks I watched the video and took a nice nap – That guy was the worst most boring person I ever listened to. He really did not seem all that excited.. “yeah well it is a browser”
I wonder where they got the idea for the design.
Its amazing. Maybe Google can re-invent the wheel too while their at it. Does everyone wait and see what Apple designs before they go and try and rip it off instead of INNOVATING themselves? I love their Zune, I mean Zoom feature, uses a plus sign..what a joke..
Their 2 years behind Apple and proud of it. I bet Wall Street will drive Googles price up with that engineering gem.
“I wonder where they got the idea for the design.”
Android: “Danger. Will rob you some.”
There’s always the innovative Samsung Glyde that’s also a personal lubricant.
It’s a ripoff, obviously.
Crap.
If Google allows any and all kinds of apps to be written and distributed to the users, I’m sure some previous iPhone developers will switch.
A boring video and the product doesn’t have that “Wow!” feel to it.
Google, like everyone except Apple/Jobs, forgot what they do well – make things simpler and faster. Their new FF3 toolbar and bookmark editor are a drag, and the more they complicate their UI, the more they look like MSFT. Even Opera has a few features to teach Chrome.
Most importantly they forgot to invent stuff like they used to – Google and Apple compliment each other in areas where they have mutually exclusive expertise and market share. Copying the iPhone and create an SDK by stealing the Java syntax not only make Google look like MSFT, but feels like MSFT. Internally they must feel really dirty. They more they try to take over EVERYTHING and be like/to beat MSFT, the more they will fail like MSFT.
i watched the video and i although i agree with most of the comments here, i do think it can have negative impact on iphone sales. why? simple because that most carriers can’t sell iphone and they will promote the second best…..
i thought iphone has 100s of patents to protect itself from this copycat…..
Unfortunately, Apple’s recent stumblings w.r.t. essentially random ‘rejections’ of apps may give Android a bit of a boost. Who wants to start working on an application when you only find out it’s unacceptable AFTER you’ve completed it.
hands up who’s gonna swap their iPhone for this POS…
Anyone? Anyone? No takers???
@ dave,
If they’d read the agreement they’d signed with Apple to become an iPod/iPhone developer, they could have saved themselves a lot of wasted time.
All they had to do was read before they accepted.
Whoa, everyone hang on here. Let’s get real for a second. Before you claim that Android is a ripoff, or that everyone copies Apple, take a second to ask yourself, truly, what Apple has innovated in the past five years.
No doubt they’ve improved upon things and done a fantastic job at implementing and marketing them, but Apple is less of a trail-blazer and more of a re-designer. Let’s examine:
Touch screen technology? Nope, been around for years
Multi-Touch Technology? Again, not Apple’s idea.
MP3 player? the iPod’s great, but far from the first.
All-in-One desktop? Erm, nope.
Ultra-Portable notebooks? Businesses have had them for years.
iPhone? Palm/RIM/Windows Mobile beat them to the punch.
OS-X? Aside from some eye candy, it has very few features that Unix and Linux didn’t have years ago.
The list goes on and on and on. There’s NO denying that Apple has some great products, but wait just a moment before you call a Linux operating system a Ripoff of Apple’s iPhone OS. It’s Linux, and has been around, in one form or another, since the early 90s. People have been putting Linux on their phones and PDAs for years now.
Google’s just opening things up for developers – wrangling in the cattle, if you will. They’re putting together a consortium for open-source computing, FAR from the closed-source, kill-switch iPhone.
So, relax, people. If you’re going to get in an innovation war between Apple and Google, you’ll be far outmatched.
I bet Google won’t deny a whoopie cushion app like Apple did.
Yakov…
You reverse-engineered reality monger…
Just because someone created it doesn’t mean they perfected it.
And the line about Rim and Windows Mobile beating iPhone to the punch… what the hell is wrong with you Yakov? In what area is this true? Take a comparison of what is out there and the iPhone and please think first (instead of enjoying spreading useless/inaccurate verbage).
Another question.. who in fact DID make multi-touch.. was it you Yakov? I believe Apple has the patent on this.
Final note: Your fanboy Linux mentality will never best OS X. It is the best operating system you can get. Go fester and sweat and realize I state fact.
(ya tard)
Does this mean that Yakov’s new name is YaTard?
Wow, even worse than I expected. At least I bought stock in both Apple and Google, so I can make some money off the tards that buy into Android…
who cares if Android is open source? I want a quality handheld computing device, cost not really an issue compared to interface and performance. Apple still wins hands down. Yay. Who says open source apps and operating system will produce the best and most consistent user experience?
dan
“Google shows Android, faces challenges getting developers”
Really? Considering the way Apple are blowing off apps for the iPhone with their walled garden approach, Android might begin to look like a more encouraging prospect for developers.
@ Wah
Here’s the answer to your question “who in fact DID make multi-touch”
http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/jeff_han.html
@ Yakov
You’ve really got no idea…
You make the perfect argument against yourself…
All the examples you gave were examples of how Apple took on failed technologies and showed everybody how to implement them successfully (although you did obfuscate this truth by implying that Unix and Linux for the desktop predated Macintosh).
@mks1
…a couple of months later Jobs demo’d the iPhone. Yeah, you’re right, definitely Apple copied. I bet the “idea” has been around for decades, but unlike Han, Apple is secretive. What does the article conclude again?
“Even the big boys are 2 years behind”.
You wish…
Where is the “HanPhone” huh?
I refer you to my previous post, to the other moron…
Apple successfully implemented the technology before everybody else and has showed them all how to do it…
Chew on the facts 12 times before swallowing.