> Also the gaming focus Andy Rubin mentioned
> two months ago has to wait at least until Android 3.0 in Spring

Well, the NDK has been substantially expanded to cater to game
programmers and similar stuff that prefers deep native hooks (i.e.
MonoDroid).

> 2.3 still hasn't been opensourced, so I'm not sure OEM's can start porting
> it yet.

Pretty sure the OHA OEM's have access to Google's private Git trees
though!

> Anyone know why they chose Samsung this time over HTC for their Nexus
> phone? Are HTC and Google at odds?

I think Google specifically tries *not* to favor any one OEM, as per
round-robin fashion.


>You mention that this is very similar to the Samsung
> Galaxy? The processor is a Cortex-A8. Is the Cortex-A9 processor being
> used much in phones yet?

Probably not until early next year, but Samsungs 45nm Hummingbird A8
SOC, particular the GPU, is a good deal faster than that of Quallcom's
Snapdragon found in the Nexus One. It looks as though Android is
starting to have ambitions regarding mobile gaming!

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