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Welcome (Android Open Source Project)

— source.android.com — Android is the first free, open source, and fully customizable mobile platform. Android offers a full stack:... an operating system, middleware, and key mobile applications. It also contains a rich set of APIs that allows third-party developers to ... (more) Welcome (Android Open Source Project)

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Android is now available as open source (Android Open Source Project)

— source.android.com — Today is a big day for Android, the Open Handset Alliance, and the open-source community. All of... the work that we've poured into the mobile platform is now officially available, for free, as the Android Open Source Project. You'll be hearing a lot ... (more) Android is now available as open source (Android Open ...

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Release features - Android 1.0 (Android Open Source Project)

— source.android.com — Home displays applications, widgets, and shortcuts. It also supports customizable wall paper. Phone supports regular telephony functions... as well as call controls, conference calls, supplementary services, and easy integration with Contacts . Web ... (more) Release features - Android 1.0 (Android Open Source Project)

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Touch G1 coming Q1 ‘09?  Android will be ready
Gadgetell — ... likely improve greatly in the looks department and potentially slim up the phone.  I’ve questioned what kind of upgrade path Android users might follow, and a touch version might be the one that could coax the masses to move. In developer speak, Android is slated to have support for IMF (input method framework).  This framework will also be supported by suggestions and suggestion algorithms that will be available to developer for applications. Source [Android] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason ...

Android Is Getting a Touchscreen Keyboard Next Year [Android]
Gizmodo — ... has an excellent keyboard, that's not stopping many users from complaining that they cannot type in landscape mode (notably, the decision to omit the virtual keyboard was to coax users to use the QWERTY hardware). Luckily, the Android development roadmap reveals that we'll be getting a touchscreen keyboard in Q1 2009 featuring "a dictionary of suggestions and a suggestion algorithm." In other words, it'll work a lot like the iPhone keyboard, which is a good thing. [Android Roadmap via ...

Android to get touchscreen keyboard soon-ish
Engadget — Filed under: CellphonesThe G1 certainly has a lot going for it, but we were a bit taken aback by its lack of an on-screen keyboard -- even a short text requires you to flip the screen out and hit the physical keys. That looks like it might change soon, though -- a rough roadmap posted on the new Android source repository has soft keyboard support penciled in for the the first three months of next year. It's not a lot to go on -- the timeline is described as "initial thoughts" and subject to change as the community gets involved -- but it's good ...

T-Mobile HTC G1: Android Virtual Keyboard On Way
PR News: — ... The latter G1 problem seems to have a solution on the way, if you look at the Android roadmap you will see that new additions in Q1 of 2009 should solve the software keyboard issue. It states that the Input method framework (IMF) will enable support for soft keyboards. ...

Virtual touchscreen keyboard coming to Android OS
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... Well, good news for T-Mobile G1 fans and Android hopefuls alike! The Android OS development roadmap now shows Input Method Framework (IMF) support in the near future. The IMF framework will allow for soft-keyboards and other non-physical data-input methods on Android. The new Android development roadmap also hints at integrated dictionaries that should allow for text-prediction and word suggestions when typing on the touchscreen keyboard. ...