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Photos: Software tools for Google Android

By Staff Writers, CNET News.com
November 13, 2007
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Photos-Software-tools-for-Google-Android/0,139023769,339283777,00.htm

Google released a software development kit for its Android mobile-phone software on Monday.

This shot shows what programming looks like in the open-source Eclipse programming tool project, including an emulator that lets coders get started even if they don't have a phone prototype handy.

Credit: Google

The Android software developer kit includes an interface to the Google Maps service. Pictured here are driving directions shown in a translucent window above a map.

Credit: Google

This shot shows the "home screen" running in the emulator with various menu options below. The user interface look and feel shown in the emulator is a "placeholder" that will change by the time Android phones ship in the second half of 2008, Google said.

Credit: Google

This emulator screenshot shows applications available on an Android phone. Google is offering $10 million in contest prizes to encourage programmers to build new software for the phones.

Credit: Google