I think you missed a subtext in the referenced post. According to Zach's source, the public release will not be coming for "several months", effectively barring the ADC losers from even creating Android software that is on schedule to launch with a real handset!
On May 19, 3:16 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "As a Round 2 participant, we'll be providing you with the most up-to-date > Android SDK so that you can take advantage of the latest tools & platform > capabilities that will be shipping in devices later this year." > > 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-a... > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
