A new Android Software Development Toolkit (SDK) is about to be released, and according to Dan Morrill, Developer Advocate for Google, the new SDK will be sporting a retooled user interface. He made the comment while speaking at the Google Android Workshop in Munich, Germany.

Ribbit is a Silicon Valley-based (Mountain View, CA USA) startup that was previously covered here. That post showcased Ribbit’s Chalkboard phone. Ribbit has released another end-user application called the Amphibian. If you were impressed by the Chalkboard phone, then you will be wowed by Amphibian.

The deadline for submission of projects in the Android Developer Challenge has been extended. The extension was the result of feedbacks from the Android developer community, and affects the deadlines for both the Challenge I and Challenge II parts of the contest.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), based in Cambridge, MA USA, plans to offer a class this term using the Android mobile platform’s SDK. That MIT will be offering a class on a software platform that is yet to be running on any publicly available device goes to show how much impact the Android [...]

“Nokia and Trolltech ASA today announced that they have entered into an agreement that Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech.” Trolltech has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and Nokia is based in Finland. The obvious question is now is, what has this got to do with Android? We promised to [...]

The video below shows examples of special effect animations using physical modeling techniques, as developed by Professor Ron Fedkiw and his group at Stanford. Intel is working with Professor Ron’s group and has plans to scale this effects down and make them run in real time on PCs.

Sprint, a member of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), has announced that it has taken legal action against four companies it says are violating its Voice over Packet (VOP) patent.. The legal action was taken against NuVox Communications, Inc., Broadvox Holdings LLC, Big River Telephone Company, and Paetec Communications, Inc.

In a joint announcement released today, NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and Google Inc. have agreed to collaborate in providing mobile Internet services. The range of mobile Internet services covered in the new partnership includes search services, search-related advertisement, and potential applications to i-mode™ users. NTT DoCoMo and Google are members of the Open Handset Alliance

The release by Google, Inc. of the Android mobile platform gave a very huge boost to Linux in the mobile operating system arena. Android has dominated the headlines since its release, but dominating the headlines is not the only effect that Android (and other mobile Linux platforms) will have: Competition, real competition for other already [...]

I have been following developments in the funambol community for quite some time, and I think now is the right time to introduce the Funambol Application Server to those in the Android community not yet familiar with it. So, what is the Funambol Application Server? Very simply, Funambol Application Server, formerly known as the Sync4j [...]

What is missing in the Android SDK is the title of a post written by Fabrizio Capobianco back in late November, 2007. I think it is a well written post and I have reproduced it here in case you missed it.

IQMax, Inc., a mobile healthcare software solutions provider, has announced the release of IQSpeak™, a mobile dictation and patient documentation solution. IQSpeak™ is a browser-based, and therefore platform-independent, application that enables physicians to dictate and document patient encounters using any internet enabled mobile device or tablet PC. IQSpeak™ is the latest in a series of [...]