News Google releases Android source code

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10/22/google-releases-android-source-code/1

Google has released the entire source code for its Android platform under an open source licence, ahead of the retail launch of the first Android product.

 

Sounds pretty interesting to me. Not so thrilled about granting google rights to commercially exploit any changes made to it but I still think we will be seeing a lot of interesting features in the near future.

 

Well, at least this means the killswitch can be removed.

 

YAY FOR OPEN SOURCE!!!

 

time to take that code and make a yahoo version of the os

 

I've read some reviews concerning Android and the G1 Mobile Phone that is currently using it. And I have to say, some of these reviewers seem to have totally missed the point of Android. I keep reading that a downside to the G1/Android is the lacking Exnchange Syncing features found most other Smartphones/Iphone. Yet...if I recall (and I will do some digging for the article) someone has already released a 3rd Party App on the Andorid Marketplace that will enable the phone to sync Outlook contacts.

Please, whoever at Bit-Tech does a review on a smartphone releasing over in Europe with Android, remember that what the phone may lack out of the box, might potentially have available for downloaded already by a 3rd Party Developer.