New SDK For Android

Some time ago, we started talking about what has become Google Android, in the meantime. Since then, things moved on a lot in the right direction, and now Google just released a new SDK for its open-source mobile platform...


The original SDK became available back in November, and was criticized for its stability and documentation, although a lot of people were pretty happy with it, considering the fact they had a fresh software package on their hands, barely released for the first time into the wild.

Now, Googled took advantage of the World Mobile Congress, held in Barcelona, Spain, to release an updated SDK for Android, labeled M5-rc14. This new release comes with an updated interface, a lot of media codecs, as well as an updated Eclipse plugin.

To make this platform more popular amongst developers, the Open Handset Alliance, lead by Google, launched a $10 million contest for best mobile applications built using Android.

These being said, there isn't much to say, for now. Android-based devices will soon arrive on the market in large numbers, and all I can hope is that software based on this new SDK to be as good as possible (well, for $10 million, they would better bring in some awesome things, or else...), but that's what we'll get to see by the end of the year, I am sure of that.