Android News

This page has links to news about the Android platform

Android News Portals
http://androidguys.com/

OESF
The Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF) is an Android Consortium formed in Japan in February, 2009. It included 23 companies at startup, and has the support of Google.
 * See http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20090325/167661/

Releases

 * Cupcake (Android version 1.5) released
 * Android 1.5 'Cupcake' starts arriving on G1s ComputerWorld, April 30, 2009
 * Android 1.5 firmware available LWN.net, April 27, 2009
 * HTC (the manufacturer of the Android Dev Phone) has posted a set of Android 1.5 images for the ADP1. There's also reasonably straightforward instructions on flashing those images into a phone

Ports

 * Android ported to MIPS Linuxdevices, April 2009
 * Embedded Alley has ported Android to the Alchemy MIPS processor.
 * Android ported to various ARM processors (ARM9, ARM11 and Cortex-A8 based). Including e.g. OSK board, Nokia N800, Nokia N810, BeagleBoard and Gumstix Overo board.

Phone news

 * Samsung phone
 * Samsung's Android phone to launch in Germany Linuxdevices, April 2009
 * T-mobile ships more than 1 million G1 phones
 * T-Mobile sells a million Android phones Linuxdevices, April 2009

Netbooks and MIDs

 * ARM-based MIDs run Android, report says Linuxdevices, April 27, 2009
 * First Android netbooks surface Linuxdevices, April 2009
 * ARM-based netbook by Skytone announced.