> This explains something I've wondered about for a while. Back before
> the competition I tried to build an app and couldn't get basic things
> (like reading past byte 16384 of a file) working. I reported a bug,
> provided an example, the whole thing. The bug and a lot (like
> hundreds) of other bug reports were reviewed. But then they were never
> fixed. Couldn't finish the app. Fine, whatever, I'll wait for the
> phone.
> I thought it was odd there were no further SDK updates -- what was
> going on? Was Android delayed or canceled? Were they trying to make a
> really good, complete release before they came out with something?
> Now I know. They decided to work closely with a few developers and to
> give them an advantage over everyone else. Could be there's a
> reciprocal agreement with those developers to give them better support
> in exchange for their app development work.
> It's not an unusual move in software development. Not particularly
> nice not to make it public, though. Just leaves the rest of us
> hanging, waiting for an SDK update that never comes.

> On Jul 15, 9:57 am, Hong <lordh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > just trying to get the rest of us excited... that Android still has some
> > progress...