From Ziggytek: Woz was enthralled with his Google Nexus One when he purchased it, and although he still loves Android’s useful voice recognition, he thinks that its open source foundation (ironically) makes it too similar to Windows, an operating system that tries to do everything but staggers at doing anything well. More »

Instead, put the blame squarely on your carrier/handset manufacturer. Why? Because when Google released the open source code of Android 2.2 FroYo a couple of days ago, Tim Bray remarked that with FroYo, developers can “build and boot a fully open-source system image out of the box, for the emulator, as well as for Dream (ADP1), Sapphire (ADP2).” What this means is that even an old dog (the eldest of all Androids) can officially be programmed to run Android 2.2. More »

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Let me get this straight, just in case there is any confusion: Android 1.6 came out on September 15th, 2.0 on October 26th, so why is my Android powered smartphone still stuck on version 1.5 or 1.6? Google’s open source Android project arrived with the promise that it would be free and completely open to everyone. Unfortunately, one of the massive problems that Android has created is a lack of universal standards and regulations. We are in smartphone anarchy. More »

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When Google bought out a small programming company that made applications for phones, it was commencing a grand plan: to set up the Open Handset Alliance and to power smartphones with the Android operating system. After Google acquired Android Inc., everything was set in motion for the search engine giant to develop its own open source OS based on Linux. On October 21st 2008, Google unleashed Android 1.0 to the public. More »

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