People of Lava invites Android developers to version 2.0 of its app market for TVs
While Google continues to work on an official Android Market for TVs, Sweden’s own People of Lava has announced the second version of the app store for its Scandinavia Android TV. With version 2.0 People of Lava is focusing on attracting developers to create apps specifically for the Android 1.5-powered TVs in order to fill its own app marketplace. Like Google, it has opened up a developer site stuffed with information for anyone interested in developing apps for the TVs, which are currently hand built in 42-, 47- and 55-inch sizes with prices starting at €2500 ($3,564). We wish them well, but with that high price developers may have as much trouble finding a wider audience as current Google TV partners have so far.
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Dell Blaze gets outed
What’s small, made by Dell, runs Cupcake (Android 1.5) and lives on a fuzzy pink rug? Why, the Dell Blaze, of course! (Pink rug not included). It’s the newest Android device in the works by Dell, and it looks to be their "entry-level, featurephone-market-stealer™." Not a lot is known about it just yet, but there’s a slew of pics at the source link to check out.
I have to question this choice by Dell. I’m all for entry/mid level Android phones, but why on earth is anyone still developing hardware on ancient versions of Android? And considering Dell’s release track record, who knows what version of the OS we’ll be on by the time this rolls around? [AndroidSpin]
Posted originally at Android Central
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Hands-on with the PCD MID650
Another day, another Android MID. At least, that’s kind of what it feels like. And here’s the MID650 from PCD (PCDphones.com), whom we mainly know as the keeper of Verizon software upgrades. This is just a prototype, so you can’t buy it anywhere, and it had a power issue at the time, so we didn’t actually get to see Android running on it. But what we have here is a 5-inch TFT touchscreen at 800×480. It’ll have 3G radio (this one had the GSM variety), WiFi, GPS, MicroSD, a 2MP camera and FM radio.
PCD’s vice president of advanced devices, Joe Cufari, told us that it should see some upgraded features when it goes into production, namely that the 5-inch screen should became a 7-inch screen, and Android 1.5 would be swapped out for 2.0 or so.
We’re not the world’s biggest fans of mobile Internet devices, but this one really did feel pretty good in the hand. Dimensions were 4.6 wide by 3 inches tall by 0.7 inches deep.
A few more pics after the break.