Has the time come to bid-adieu to old bulky computers and laptops, If not, then the scene is not too far-flung.
Say hello to Google's new Mobile operating system "Android".
Is it an another Google's scion?The answer is no!
Android was a Mobile OS developed by a small company called as 'Andorid' and then Google bought it adding to its arsenal another weapon to combat the mobile development world and came up with it in a big way, all it needed was Google's brand name,and the world started following it!
Google Android is a platform built upon Linux kernel with their own customized virtual machine called as Dalvik.
One of the good things about it was that Google came up with the SDK even before launch of first Android based phone called as T-Mobile's G1.It is a handset manufactured by HTC and service provided by T-Mobile.
The SDK comes with a phone emulator and many features, through which you can develop different applications in Java using the provided APIs in the SDK.Though it sounds like just another SDK, but trust me it is FULLY LOADED! Moreover,it gives you the flexibility to add any jar file and continue the development for the phone applications.
Now, talking about the features of the phone and the SDK, there are many features the phone has like Google maps, Google API's, gmail etc.
You can easily develop an app to use anyone of these or many of these in one app.for example location finder was such an app developed, which finds location on the Google map of the contacts saved in your phone book.
Google had come up with a contest for developing the best app, and it was won by a company called as "Big in Japan Inc.", they had made an app called as 'ShopSavvy' which scans the bar-code of a product in a super market using the phone's 3 Mpx camera, finds its price and other details and you can compare it with prices in other super markets nearby.
Not only that you can parse any Web Service available online and use it on your phone as you like, So many more applications like these were built showcasing the power and flexibility provided by Google Android.
So you can download the SDK and other requirements from http://code.google.com/android/ and start developing your own app, as many tutorials and forums like (http://code.google.com/android/groups.html) are there to provide help, So for all the tech-savvy people,there is something they must try out.
The stage is ready and the scene is set for the smaller species to take over their older and rather huge counterparts,and the spark has been ignited!!
