Google's Android OS early look SDK now available

Monday, November 12. 2007

Google's Android OS early look SDK now available

Just like the good folks promised, the early look software development kit for Google's soon-to-be huge phone OS has hit the streets... er, internet. From what we can tell, the OS is as comfortable on larger, VGA devices as it is on more traditional smartphone layouts. Oh yeah... and it plays Quake. Here's what we know the software will support out of the box:

* Touchscreen
* 3G
* Webkit-based browser
* Threaded text messaging
* MPEG-4, h.264, MP3, and AAC file formats
* Accelerated 3D graphics

It also runs a Linux kernel, OpenGL, SQL Lite, and a common Java API.

You can check out this Youtube video that shows off Android's UI and features. Engadget also has a visual tour of the UI here.