TAG | Google Android mobiles face lengthy delays |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Monday, 23 June 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 Cellular News , meanwhile, is reporting that the Chinese interface
issue is not the only problem facing Android developers. It claims that
software development houses are having difficulty in developing
applications. What's more, it also worryingly claims that handset OEMs
are understood to be having difficulties with the application software
as well.Which is a shame, as there is very good reason for the excitement amongst developers and clued up tech savvy consumers alike: Android could be the beginning of something big. Built from the ground up to be truly open, Android is based upon the Linux kernel. With a custom virtual machine designed to optimise memory and hardware resources, the concept has 'wow' written all over it. Not least because it represents a mobile phone platform that should be totally open, totally customisable. The Open Handset Alliance promises "With devices built on the Android Platform, users will be able to fully tailor the phone to their interests. They can swap out the phone's homescreen, the style of the dialer, or any of the applications. They can even instruct their phones to use their favorite photo viewing application to handle the viewing of all photos." Mind you, it also promises a "fast and easy application development" and handsets available real soon now. Both of those look like being well and truly broken...
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