Published by David Kingsnorth
on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at 4:27 AM. 
The new G1 from google seems to be a like-for-like alternative to the iPhone. It's difficult to compete with apple in terms of style and design but there is a key feature to the G1 that has the potential to change the way we use mobile phones. The G1 runs an operating system called
Android. Android is able to run multiple applications in parallel the same way a PC would, but the feature that impresses me the most is it's
open source SDK that allows developers to create their own java based apps and upload them to
Android Market. I know that apple sells applications for the iPhone online but the key feature to an Android-powered phone is that any developer can create them and upload them for people to use. This will inevitably lead to a wider and more interesting range of applications being available for mobile devices. Shame I renewed my mobile contract last week.
The new G1 from google seems to be a like-for-like alternative to the iPhone. It's difficult to compete with apple in terms of style and design but there is a key feature to the G1 that has the potential to change the way we use mobile phones. The G1 runs an operating system called Android. Android is able to run multiple applications in parallel the same way a PC would, but the feature that impresses me the most is it's open source SDK that allows developers to create their own java based apps and upload them to Android Market. I know that apple sells applications for the iPhone online but the key feature to an Android-powered phone is that any developer can create them and upload them for people to use. This will inevitably lead to a wider and more interesting range of applications being available for mobile devices. Shame I renewed my mobile contract last week.
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