[BozemanLUG] Mobile Linux, Google's Android and March BozemanLUG meeting

[Jeffrey Sharkey]

As a software guy, I've jumped into programming Android head-first and
love it.  The SDK is very well designed and stable--a surprisingly
strong offering for a project just a few months old.  The only
downside for new developers is that they replace all AWT/Swing GUI
components and process models with their own.

Yes there are other OSS mobile platforms, but Google has the weight to
get industry-wide acceptance.  They are on track to create thousands
of sub-$200 phones that directly compete with the iPhone.

j

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Scott Dowdle <dowdle at montanalinux.org> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>  I ran across this article this morning:
>
>  http://www.betanews.com/article/Open_source_mobile_developer_Android_is_not_the_answer/1206051993
>
>  It really doesn't say a whole lot... but I know there are some embedded and mobile developers / enthusiasts among us... and I was curious as to how people are seeing the landscape.
>
>  I recently got a used Nokia 770 (it was Ken Dyke's) and I've been playing with it a bit... but it isn't that compelling so far.  What devices does everyone else have?  What do you like/want and what do you not like/want?
>
>  If anyone has anything mobile related they'd be willing to write an article on (for the montanalinux.org website) or give a presentation about... I encourage you to step forward.
>
>  Oh, there will be a BozemanLUG meeting on Thursday, March 27th but I don't have a topic yet.  Any volunteers?
>
>  TYL,
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