In November 12, Google officially launched its "Mobile Robot (Android)" software development kit (SDK), and paid $10 million to Android Developers.
Last night, I waited until midnight to find the official release of "android SDK" on the Internet. For a time, relevant reports have emerged, including Brian delacey's "Google calling: Inside Android, The gphone SDK" ("Google's mission: Internal robot Android, gphone software development kit SDK ", a total of 10 pages) the most detailed content. In general, this "Google Story" (or "android robot Development Plan"), or "android program" for short, can be said that, google's "android program" is comparable to Richard Stallman's "GNU program. Google's "android Development Plan" is about to "remake" the entire modern mobile industry ).
Google's Android SDK runs on Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS 10.4.8, or Ubuntu 6.06 (LTS and later versions) platform (limited to x86 computers ). Google stated in advance that it is possible to run the SDK on other Linux release platforms, but Google does not directly provide technical support. The SDK programming language is Java (already open-source). The Android SDK includes the technical instruction documents, sample program code, library, and architecture. All applications are developed in Java. Android is based on the Linux 2.6 kernel (series), and Google provides the android "Java Virtual Machine ". Java programmers can easily develop Android applications. Google has set up an android development prize worth $10 million for millions of Java programmers around the world, ranging from $25,000 to $275,000. It's hard to imagine how spectacular and lively Google's Android Development Plan will be. Google's principle for Android development is like the old tradition of the open-source community: "early release and frequent release" program modifications (called "updates early and often "). Google's idea is to mobilize the power of open-source communities around the world to create "android robots" (Android was originally a real-person robot name) and bring Ubuntu-like spirit into the "Mobile World ", rewrite the history of the entire mobile industry. In the second half of next year, tens of millions of small and exquisite robots ("androids") smart phones (handset) have a Minimum CPU configuration of arm model R9, clock speed of 200 GHz) we will come to this world in people's surprises and China. Google's Android robot smartphone is the "pearl of the eye (that is, the real" handheld computer ")" with an external USB port, it will certainly bring people a "different" experience and happiness.
Thank you, Google. Thanks to the little "robot" Android, which truly brought the Free Software Linux into the world. The era of computer dominance on the Windows platform is coming to an end, and the era of Android mobile phones on the Linux platform is approaching. All changes are so fast and incredible. Cute little androids )!