Two days ago I went pretty spontaneously to Munich. Google was presenting its new mobile platform “Android”. I had the hope to get an answer if this new platform finally makes the development of mobile applications easier without all the trouble knewn by J2ME.

First half of the session was kind of disappointing because the Google guys did show the same stuff I previously saw on Youtube and the Android documentation. It became more interesting in the afternoon.

First, they announced a new version of the SDK that will be out very soon. And this new version will have a lot of improvements (more consistent user interface, more APIs and bugfixes). Second, they came up with some interesting details which let me look forward to the first devices available in 2nd half this year. Another interesting aspect was the discussion with others who joined the Google session. Obviously I was not the only one who minimizes activity in J2ME because others went also into trouble distributing their apps to different devices. And starting C++ for developping apps for Windows Mobile or Symbian does not sound like an option.

After years of silence deviation.de finally has become alive. Stay tuned.