This all depends. Officially Android requires a touch screen for anyone wanting to ship an Android device with the intention of supporting the install of third party applications. We don't currently have any plans to support non-touch Android devices. That said, there is nothing intrinsic to Android that precludes removing the requirement, and you will notice that most of the UI of the built-in applications can be navigated without a touch screen.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Kieran Bingham <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm investigating the requirements of Android to see if it would suit a > new device we are looking to support, and I have a couple of questions. > > * Does Android require a touch screen for its interface, or has it / can > it be adapted to non-touchscreen easily ? > > * Does Android come with any module for communicating with the GSM Modem > ? i.e. ability to send GSM AT commands directly? > > Regards > > Kieran Bingham > > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
