One of the more talked about stories of this week in Barcelona was the appearance of Google Android at Mobile World Congress. There were several booths showing early prototypes of the OS, and mocked up devices. At the ARM booth, we were fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the elusive Android. At first, the rep on the booth was only willing to point us at a prototype device behind a glass bubble.
However, soon after we managed to get a demo of the working software. The video is a little jumpy, but the software is definitely live. According to the person giving the demo, it’s running on a 200Mhz Arm9 processor as well, which is a seriously underpowered processor. Looks good, even so.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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