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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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