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Fuzzy Logic The G1 Android phone: Google’s gamechanger
Fuzzy Logic The G1 Android phone: Google’s gamechanger | The G1 Android phone: Google’s gamechanger |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Sunday, 28 September 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 4 Clearly one of the G1’s winning propositions is the ability for developers to create whatever kind of software they want, without restrictions – unlike with the iPhone, where Apple’s policies on what software will or won’t be accepted into its App Store is simply not set in stone. Featured Whitepaper
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Exchange compatibility is a “third party opportunity” according to Google at the launch, and as there is no desktop synchronisation software, with all data synchronised to Google services on the Internet, a desktop sync app is yet something else a developer can write if they so wish. The potential exists for developers to create malicious software, as is the case for any computer, but Google will remove any such software it finds, with both Google and T-Mobile otherwise committed to having an open a platform as possible. This means that developers can create VoIP programs which could bypass T-Mobile’s voice networks, or even its data network given the G1’s Wi-Fi capabilities. Not having Google to meddle in software development as Apple does means a more innovative stream of software could well emerge from the G1 than the iPhone, despite more than 3300 programs already available for Apple’s handheld. Developers can go to the official Android developer site hosted here, where Google is already hard at work attracting ever more developers to the platform. Google promises several things on the site, the first of which is “Apps without borders”. This is explained as: “Apps on Android can access core mobile device functionality through standard APIs. Through intents, apps can announce their capabilities for other apps to use” with this and the following three topics all having a video to watch as well. Google also boasts that: “Apps are created equal”, and promises that: “Any app on the mobile device can be replaced or extended -- even core components such as the dialer or home.” To emphasise the G1’s web connected nature, Google says that “Apps can easily embed the web” and explains that “apps can easily embed HTML, Javascript, and style sheets. An app can render web content through a WebView”. What else can the G1 do that Apple’s iPhone can’t? Please read on to page 3. |
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