Google has dropped the Bluetooth and GTalkService instant messaging APIs (application program interfaces) from the set of tools for the first version of the mobile phone OS, Android 1.0, according to the Android Developers Blog. The company opted to drop the Bluetooth API because "we plain ran out of time," said Nick Pelly, one of the Android engineers responsible for the Bluetooth API, on the blog posting. But the company made clear that handsets using the Android OS will work with other Bluetooth devices such as headsets, for example. Ed note: To be clear, only the APIs are delayed, not the features. This suggests third party apps will not be able to access these frameworks.
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Member since:2006-01-17
I don't care about IE market share, It was just an analogy. Lots of people use IE just because it's installed by default. Similar effect had the MS push of MSN messenger, which in XP was annoyance and hard to even switch off without hacks.
No doubt, lots of people would do IM if gtalk app icon was an icon sitting on their mobile phone screen. No doubt telcos are afraid of that happening.
Member since:2005-11-10
My point is that on a mobile phone, just because something is there people won't necessarily use it. It's not the same as a Desktop.
My phone has a ton of stuff I'll never use and don't want to use. I immediately replaced the built in browser with Opera mini, and I sure won't ever use all the "this icon connects you to our WAP site without asking for permission" icons placed in my way. They even have hardware buttons on some phones that connect you to their internet portal full of overpriced crappy ringtones and I wouldn't buy a phone with one of those.
The difference on a phone is that the built in stuff == money wasted.
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2005-11-10
Check IE share in the mobile browser market.