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I privately addressed concerns to Dan M. that Google is raising the next group of software vendors, rather than focusing on the general developer community; and I have also posted this comment publicly, which sums up my thoughts pretty well: http://androidguys.com/2008/05/14/speak-up-how-would-you-change-the-adc-format/#comment-774 Shane On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Shane Isbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm growing more skeptical about Android's openness with each passing day. > Now the top 50 get advanced previews of the new SDK features. > > Shane > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Josh Guilfoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> I just saw this: >> >> http://www.helloandroid.com/node/572 >> >> I will try to confirm this to be true when I'm at Google I/O next >> week. If true, I will officially pause development of my Android >> project. >> >> On May 19, 12:24 pm, Josh Guilfoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I am also becoming anxious. I had hoped for a release shortly after >> > the Apr 14th deadline, but now here we are well into the second round >> > of the challenge and there is no update. Are we to assume that it >> > won't come until after the challenge is entirely over? >> > >> > For those that are counting, it has been more than 3 months since the >> > last significant release, longer than the gap between M3 and M5. In >> > fact, in the last 6 months, we have only seen 2 major releases. I am >> > not filled with confidence by this unpredictable behaviour and >> > complete lack of official statement on schedule or road plan. >> > >> > Let's not forget that the target for the official launch of the >> > platform is no more than 7 months away and we have seen precious few >> > details about the long term strategy for the SDK, platform in general, >> > or the launch of handsets. >> > >> > On Apr 28, 1:25 pm, Adriano Crestani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Soon? 1 week? 1 month? 6 months? >> > >> > > On Apr 23, 12:13 am, Kosmaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > > No idea but I hope very soon. >> > >> > > > IMO, it's not worth wasting any more time with this version. >> > >> > > > On Apr 23, 4:05 am, Jim T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > > > I assume that Google has been holding this release in the pipeline >> to >> > > > > provide a non-moving target in the weeks leading up to the >> challenge. >> > >> > > > > However, there are a number of bugs in the platform (Location >> Manager, >> > > > > XML Processing, Notification Manager, etc.). I would like to >> respin >> > > > > my application with thenextversion of the platform. >> > >> > > > > Any idea as to when we might see a version newer that M5-RC15? >> > >> > > > > - Jim >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
