Twidroid:Google手机(Android系统)用Twitter客户端

November 1st, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Google资讯

some highlights of twidroid’s feature set:

* full-featured twitter client

o postings, replies & direct messages

o user detail information

o follow/unfollow a user

o auto-completion of your contact names

o secured operation via SSL

* directly integrated photo-posting from cam or disk via phodroid.com

* directly integrated search through all public tweets

* background notifications for replies & direct messages

* auto layout for landscape and portrait mode

» twidroid | features

分析:谷歌Android Market的五大优势

August 30th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Google资讯

导言:Android Market并不仅仅是谷歌的一个应用程序商店。虽然应用程序也很重要,但是在谷歌的Android Market中,它们却仅仅是微不足道的变量。这一平台最大的特点就在于,所有的开发者注册后都可以上传内容,而所有上传的内容都会能够立刻在 Android Market上找到,这改变了以往只能通过付费获得内容的方式。

内容开发者将可以获得一些工具来追踪用户,获得实时的销售数据。尽管还需要克服不少问题,但是Android Market完全有机会成为一个连接付费和用户生成内容(UGC)的桥梁,而且手机用户可以通过这一平台同时获得这两类内容。

与苹果相同,Android Market的所有内容也被存储在其开发商谷歌的服务器上。而且谷歌也对付费和市场非常重视,但是谷歌也有自己的独到之处:

市场而非商店

Android移动平台负责人埃里克-朱(Eric Chu)表示,Android Market是一个“开放的内容分发系统,它可以帮助使用Android操作系统的手机终端用户寻找、购买、下载和安装各种各样的内容。”这是一个令人兴 奋的平台。与微软和苹果平台不同,Android Market可以为用户提供多样化的内容,既有来自各大媒体公司的内容,也有来自业余开发者的程序,从而消除二者之间的隔阂。谷歌拥有足够的技术实力来完 成这种服务。他们专业的服务器和搜索算法将会使得Android Market的优势更为突出。

Web 2.0社区功能

Android Market在默认状态下就整合有Web 2.0社区功能。谷歌一直以来都致力于为人们提供相关的工具以帮助用户建立社区。谷歌表示,Android Market将会配有与YouTube类似的反馈和评分系统。虽然苹果的应用商店也拥有这两项功能,但是,如何运营这些功能才是最重要的。由于苹果的控制 更为严格,因此谷歌的透明将会吸引更多的用户。

发布更为简便

要在苹果应用商店发布一款iPhone应用商店相当繁琐。苹果将会对每个iPhone应用程序进行审查,这就使得许多开发者不得不等上几天, 甚至几周的时间。有时,开发人员已经开发出了新版的应用程序,但是老版的软件却还没有被审核通过。谷歌则表示,Android Market的内容发布流程与YouTube类似:你只需要注册成功,然后上传内容并对其加以描述之后即可发布。

数据分析工具

iPhone开发者虽然也可以从苹果那里获得每日的消费统计,但是这些都是非常基本的数据。除了用户ID、所购应用程序的ID、付款方式以及付款金额之外,就没有任何的有用信息了。开发者从一开始就对这项服务颇有微辞,而这也恰恰给了谷歌以机会。他们在数据统计方面有着丰富的经验,同时也能够提供相应的软件来为开发者提供更加复杂的分析。

巨大的市场

只用了一个月的时间,苹果应用商店的销量就达到了惊人的3000万美元。如果以这样的速度来计算,苹果应用商店全年的销售额将达到3.6亿美 元。苹果自己也认为他们应用上点将会很快成为一个过亿的大生意。但是,他们的客户群却仅仅局限于600万iPhone用户。尽管iPhone用户的一向以 出手大方而著称,但是对更多的手机和更多的内容开放的Android Market平台完全有能力超越苹果应用商店。

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Google推出Android Market挑战App Store

August 29th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Google资讯

本周四下午,Google 首次对外透露了为 Android 移动平台准备的应用程序超市Android Market 详细资料,并且表示 Google 不会像苹果那样对应用商店内的软件应用进行严格的监管,这一点从 Store 和 Market 的区别就能看出来。

Google 作为Android Market 的东道主,但却一再强调Android Market 的扮演的角色仅仅是“软件销售和传播的中心”而不是“软件过滤器”。

“我们选择了‘Market ’ 这个词而不是‘Store ’,因为我们觉得开发者需要的是一个开放的、毫无阻碍的环境来创造内容”,Google 移动平台市场部经理 Eric Chu 说。

Google 希望 Android Market 最终会像 YouTube 那样,只需要注册一个发行人资格和软件的类别就可以发布软件。

Google 没有说会不会对某些问题软件进行监管,只是表示 Android Market 里的软件将拥有反馈系统以及类似 YouTube 上的等级系统。Google 将通过追踪工具获得软件的反馈,如果某个软件有危险性,将会有标识提醒用户注意。

Google 推出 Android Market 挑战 App Store - apple4us.

10个我们会用到的 Android Apps

August 29th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Google资讯, Mobile相关

Yesterday, Google announced the winners of the Android Developer Challenge I, a contest that awarded cash prizes to the most innovative and promising applications designed for the upcoming mobile OS, Android. The ten top teams received $275,000 and 10 other teams received $100,000. The ADC Gallery lists all the winners as well as the finalists.

Although Google has already named their winners, we decided to browse through the gallery to find the apps that we’re most excited to use. Some of the apps, like for example, cab4me, may have been declared a winner, but we know not everyone lives in a major metropolitan area where hailing a taxi is a part of everyday life. Instead, we picked out some apps that have more universal appeal. They are as follows:

The App That Backs Up Our Contacts: PhoneBook 2.0

An app that backs up your contacts for you to a remote server can give you piece of mind in case your phone is ever lost or stolen. However, the app isn’t just a backup tool. PhoneBook 2.0 combines mobile social networking with your address book to let you share your mood, location, and photos with your friends.

The App That Keeps Us From Getting Lost: BreadCrumbz

Sure, sure, the phone has Google Maps, but BreadCrumbz is even better. Instead of getting directions, you get picture-based routes so you know to turn at that huge oak tree or the building with the blue awning. Your friends can make routes for you and record them with the camera and GPS.

10 Android Apps We Will Actually Use - ReadWriteWeb.

Google的Android Marke在线软件平台

August 29th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Google资讯

When we talk to developers, a common topic is the challenge of getting applications in the hands of users. That’s why today I’m happy to share early details of Android Market—an open content distribution system that will help end users find, purchase, download and install various types of content on their Android-powered devices. The concept is simple: leverage Google’s expertise in infrastructure, search and relevance to connect users with content created by developers like you.

Developers will be able to make their content available on an open service hosted by Google that features a feedback and rating system similar to YouTube. We chose the term “market” rather than “store” because we feel that developers should have an open and unobstructed environment to make their content available. Similar to YouTube, content can debut in the marketplace after only three simple steps: register as a merchant, upload and describe your content and publish it. We also intend to provide developers with a useful dashboard and analytics to help drive their business and ultimately improve their offerings.

I also wanted to share some early details to help with planning your efforts so that you can be ready as our partners release the first Android-powered handsets. Developers can expect the first handsets to be enabled with a beta version of Android Market. Some decisions are still being made, but at a minimum you can expect support for free (unpaid) applications. Soon after launch an update will be provided that supports download of paid content and more features such as versioning, multiple device profile support, analytics, etc. Below are some screenshots that illustrate some of the security features and workflow.

Android Developers Blog: Android Market: a user-driven content distribution system

Google Android视频介绍

August 23rd, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Google资讯

YouTube - Google I/O 2008 - An Introduction to Android.

Google 发布 Android SDK 测试版 附手机界面截图

August 19th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Google资讯

现在美国联邦通信委员会(FCC)已经批准了 Android 软件平台及宏达制造的 Dream 手机,使用 Google 手机操作系统 Android 的手机发布在即,而 Google 也推出了 Android 智能手机平台的软件开发工具包(SDK)测试版.

据腾讯科技讯报道,北京时间8月19日消息,据国外媒体报道,谷歌(Google)周一发布了其首款Android智能手机平台的软件开发工具包(SDK)测试版,并表示外部开发者已可利用该工具包为即将上市的Android手机开发应用软件,但不能保证这些应用软件将与正式版Android手机操作系统完全相兼容。

另外 Android Developers Blog 介绍了这个 SDK 的一些细节:

* 最先也是最明显的就是包括了首页的屏幕和很多界面的改变

* 加入了一些新的应用:闹钟,计算机,摄像机,音乐播放器,图片浏览器和信息发送装置(用于短信和彩信)

* 加入了一些新的开发工具

* 由于已经有了新的首页屏幕工具,因此也加入了现在已经过期的一个来自M5的早期 SDK 版本的源码

* 一些新的 API 都得到了完善和改进,其他也都和最终的1.0版非常接近了

* 修正了很多 Bug(如果你之前遇到了 MediaPlayer 方面的问题,现在可以再试试!)

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