The new version of the Android SDK was released today!

What does this mean for the tablets? Well for one thing the old SDK (m5) has been fully open sourced. This should (hopefully) allow the porting of m5 onto the tablets (perhaps at full speed?). More importantly though, work can begin on porting the most recent (0.9) SDK to the tablets (hopefully bug free), but source code won't be available till Q4 08.

I took a couple screenshots of the new SDK:


Android Booting


The new Android home screen, with movable widgets.



Android application menu with the new apps.


The new dialer

I also took a two screens using my N800 skin. The skin works beautifully; I can't wait to have v0.9 ported to the n800!










Download the SDK: http://code.google.com/android/download_list.html

Download Sources: http://code.google.com/p/android/downloads/list

Developer Roadmap: http://code.google.com/android/roadmap.html


I think this is newsworthy in relations to the mobile devices industry. Recommend front page announcement?