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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Early look to Google Android 1.5 SDK is now available for download


Early-look at Android 1.5 SDKStarting April 13, developers can now get an early look to the next version of Google's mobile operating system. The new SDK has several new programming features such as soft keyboards, home screen widgets, live folders, and speech recognition. Google also modified the developers tools structure so that it can support multiple versions of android platform.

The Android 1.5 SDK is based on new Linux kernel, version 2.6.27. While it is still on polishing stage and can still have changes, perhaps its biggest improvement is the on-screen soft keyboard that will work for both portrait and landscape orientations.

Android creators now encouraging developers to start working with this early-look SDK. Although 1.5 has not been finalized, most of its API are already settled but changes are likely before the final release. Developers can download the early-look version of Android 1.5 SDK at android website

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