Android developer leaks Cupcake details

Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 Android developer leaks Cupcake details Posted January 28, 03:00 a.m. Pacific Time As major and minor manufacturers scramble to release the next Android handset, the Open Handset Alliance -- Android's developers -- haven't been resting on their laurels. Screenshots of the next generation of Android, code-named Cupcake, have started to get passed around like, well, like a tray of cupcakes. Android developer Aaron La, who released details of the Cupcake build in his blog, says that the next gen of Android will feature software keyboard support, the ability to pick different locales, an ...  >> Six things Apple needs to do right now Posted January 22, 08:42 a.m. Pacific Time Editor's Note: Apple has made a go of this Mac business for 25 years, but who's to say that the company doesn't need some helpful advice on how to keep the platform thriving for the next quarter-century? Just in case they're hurting for ideas at One Infinite Loop, we asked Andy Ihnatko for a to-do list of things Apple needs to tackle.   >> Kogan postpones its Android phone Posted January 20, 04:50 a.m. Pacific Time Just days before it was due to ship its highly anticipated Android-based Agora and Agora Pro, Kogan has postponed the release indefinitely. Citing a need to upgrade the low-res screen, Kogan founder Ruslan Kogan blogged the bad news on the Australian company's Web site after meeting with Google. Ruslan said that "it seems developers will be creating applications that are a higher resolution than the Agora is currently capable of handling." Oops. [ How does the first Android phone, T-Mobile's G1, stack up? ...  >> The cross-platform option: Web apps for smartphones Posted January 28, 08:52 a.m. Pacific Time Fred Grott, a programmer who specializes in smartphone applications, has two models for his business: He can write specialized applications in native code that take advantage of all of the features of a specific smartphone, or he can write a Web application that works in the Web browsers of all of the top devices.   >>
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