IntoMobile Will Google's Android Kill the iPhone?

HTC recently announced that it is all set to commercially launch the first smartphone running Google’s much-awaited Android platform on T-Mobile USA’s network. The product, which might be called the HTC G1 or HTC Dream, is expected to be available by Christmas to cash-in on the shopping season.

The device will then be launched in other global markets gradually. Google also publicly released the new Android SDK (Software Development Kit) to software developers. The last one was made available only to contest winners which made some developers feel less than appreciated. According to experts, the new SDK comes with a brand new interface that addresses a lot of the problems older versions had — it’s a lot simpler, and most things make sense, or are easy to figure out.

If you are really interested in trying out the device before buying your own, download the SDK, unzip the file into a directory on your computer, open the ‘Tools’ directory and double-click on the ‘emulator.exe’ application. A simulator will open up that lets you play with the operating system — mind you, there’s not a whole lot you can do with it until there is some kind of way to find and install applications from some sort of application directory. According to news reports, the previous version was filled with usability problems that made the device pretty much useless. So does the launch of Android-based devices spell doom for Apple’s iPhone? Over the past few years, Apple has launched millions of iPhones and it still continues to be a major hit among smartphone buyers – similar to what iPod was among digital music player buyers.

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Microsoft iPhone Software Planned

Microsoft hopes to offer applications to iPhone consumers that could benefit the use of Office on both the Mac and mobile phone.

Microsoft hopes to build new Office applications for Apple's iPhone. The plan began when Apple released its SDK (software development kit) earlier this month for which gives developers access to building new applications that run on the Mac OS X-based mobile phone.

Microsoft recently interviewed developers to consider a variety of possibilities that include offering its Office functionality on Apple's iPhone.

The plan began when Apple released its iPhone SDK (software development kit) earlier this month which gives developers access to the same tools that Apple uses for building new applications that run on the Mac OS X-based mobile phone.

"It's really important for us to understand what we can bring to the iPhone," Tom Gibbons, corporate VP of Microsoft's Specialized Devices and Applications Group, said told Fortune magazine. "To the extent that Mac Office customers have functionality that they need in that environment, we're actually in the process of trying to understand that now."

The software giant hopes to assist customers connecting the iPhone to more options than just the Exchange server. The iPhone can be synced with Mac or PC e-mails, calendars and contact lists. Apple licensed Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol for connecting the iPhone to an Exchange server earlier this year.

Gibbons said the software giant has experience with the iPhone environment and is very confident on providing the new application. Microsoft developers are still getting comfortable with the SDK and are going over feasible plans that could benefit iPhone consumers.

The final iPhone SDK will be released in June, along with new versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch operating systems. The latter gadget contains the same platform as the iPhone. AT&T remains as the exclusive cellular provider of the smart phone.

Microsoft hopes to build new Office applications for Apple's iPhone. The plan began when Apple released its SDK (software development kit) earlier this month for which gives developers access to building new applications that run on the Mac OS X-based mobile phone.

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