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Sony Ericsson announces SDK Beta for Windows Mobile

Friday, October 24th, 2008

It’s no little secret that both the Apple iPhone and Android phones have done exceptionally well in the markets. Their sales figures not only mean good business for their manufacturers, but they’ve been a boon for countless developers out there, whose apps can now reach to even more people through their respective application stores. We’ve already heard about the developer who made $250,000 in just 2 months of releasing his application for the iPhone.

However, if you’re a developer and if neither the iPhone OS nor the Android OS are your grounds, you need not worry. Sony Ericsson might just be the someone you were waiting for. After the much awaited launch of its XPERIA X1 handset, Sony Ericsson has now released a new Windows Mobile SDK version to the public. 

MobileCrunch has a list of the key features of the new SDK:

  • Compatibility with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 – with predefined templates for greatest ease of use
  • Windows Vista OS support (adding to its support for Windows XP)
  • Built-in true Xperia X1 phone device emulator – allowing developers to run, test and debug panels locally on a desktop without phone hardware
  • Key mapping support in the device emulator
Is Sony Ericsson trying to gather some loyal followers here?

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Google opens up Android SDK

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Android is getting closer and closer to hitting the shelves. Google’s Android developers blog has just announced that a beta SDK of Android is now ready for use.

Google released a very early version of the SDK late last year and after gathering up all the feedback, it’s now releasing a beta proper, which it’s promising is “now pretty stable and we don’t expect any major changes”. it’s not quite a full release yet, but it’s getting there.

Here’s what’s new in the SDK, according to Google:

• First and most obviously, the new Home screen is included, along with a ton of UI changes for 1.0.
• Some new applications are included: an Alarm Clock, Calculator, Camera, Music player, Picture viewer, and Messaging (for SMS/MMS conversations.)
• Several new development tools were added, such as a graphical preview for XML layouts for users of Eclipse, and a tool for constructing 9-patch images.
• Since we’ve got a new Home screen application now, we thought the now-obsolete version from the M5 early-look SDK might be helpful to developers, so its source is included as a sample.
• A number of new APIs are fleshed out and improved, and others are now close to their final forms for 1.0.

Google’s also released a development roadmap, to give coders a bit of insight into what’s coming up. Good to see Google being so open – not a trait you’d normally associate with the company.

It looks like Android is finally taking shape and, to top it all off, HTC’s Dream has got FCC approval for a November launch. Hopefully HTC and Google will be able to learn from Apple’s mistakes and make sure both the device and any associated App Store are problem-free when they launch.

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