Think of this week’s round of announcements as Android’s débutante ball. She’s gone from a lovable ragamuffin to a mature OS that’s ready for the spotlight. With Android 2.0, Motorola Droid and Google Maps Navigation, she stole our hearts.
Android 2.0 only came out last week, but the open-source community has already ported it to the T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream, the first Android phone. Check it out…
The Droid and Android 2.0 as a whole, isn’t going to kill the iPhone. That’s ridiculous. It’s going to team up with the iPhone and straight up murder the Palm Pre and possibly others. Here’s why.
Hopes may be dashed on that rumoured Android equivalent of the HD2. HTC’s CEO, Peter Chou, tells Forbes that “technically, we could make the HD2 an Android phone, but I have to take care of Windows Mobile.” Qué?
The best thing about the Motorola Droid might just be Android 2.0. It got official yesterday, and Google showed off some highlights, but here’s a walkthrough if you wanna get a little closer. (You should, it’s pretty great.)
This is it: The official video laying out Android 2.0′s new features, to go along with 2.0 support hitting the SDK today. Man, Android 2.0 is nice.
