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android-developers.blogspot.com - 2/10/2009
Android 1.1 SDK, release 1 Now Available
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Hello, developers! As you may have heard by now, users around the world have started to receive updates to their Android devices that provide new features and functionality. You may also have noticed that the new update reports as "Android 1.1". Applications written with the 1.0_r1 and 1.0_r2 ...
Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android, and Google complied
venturebeat.com - 2/10/2009
Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android, and Google complied
— venturebeat.com — One of the bigger complaints about T-Mobile’s G1, the first phone based on Google’s Android platform, is... that its touch screen doesn’t use multi-touch, the technology which allows for a screen to accept multiple points of contact as simultaneous ... (more) Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in ...

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Samsung delays launch of Android phone
guardian.co.uk - 2/12/2009
Samsung delays launch of Android phone
— guardian.co.uk — Samsung has delayed the release of its first mobile phone based on Google's Android operating system until... the second half of this year. There had been speculation that Samsung, which recently leapfrogged Nokia to become market leader in the UK, ... (more) Samsung delays launch of Android phone

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Are Android Market Paid Apps Launching This Week?
talkandroid.com - 2/10/2009
Are Android Market Paid Apps Launching This Week?
— talkandroid.com — The Wall Street Journal recently published an article on the future strategy of Microsoft's cellphone development in... which they revealed in the closing paragraph that Google are poised to launch their paid app market later this week. Google, too, ... (more) Are Android Market Paid Apps Launching This Week?

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Nuevo SDK, versión 1.1, para desarrolladores de Android
Celularis — Pequeña nota para los que están siguiendo el desarrollo de Android, justo a tiempo para el Mobile World Congress 2009 de Barcelona, Google liberó la versión 1.1 del SDK de Android para los desarrolladores. ¿Las principales novedades? Nuevas APIS y un nuevo emulador para probar y desarrollar tus aplicaciones :) ...

Android 1.1 Software Development Kit Now Available
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... let you test your applications. If you have a retail device running Android, contact your operator for the update schedule. An updated v1.1 system image for the Android Developer Phone 1 will be coming soon. In addition to the new APIs, the emulator also contains improved ability to test localizations to the German language. Localizations for other languages will be added in future SDK releases. You can get the Android 1.1 SDK right here. [Via: Google Developers' Blog] Related News from ...

Android 1.1 SDK Available Now
Mobility Site — ... a new emulator image to let you test your applications. If you have a retail device running Android, contact your operator for the update schedule. An updated v1.1 system image for the Android Developer Phone 1 will be coming soon. In addition to the new APIs, the emulator also contains improved ability to test localizations to the German language. Localizations for other languages will be added in future SDK releases Source: Google via Into Mobile --- Related Articles at Mobility ...

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