Guide to Android Development
Android devices, by and large, will be mobile phones. While the Android technology is being discussed for use in other areas (e.g., car dashboard "PCs"), for the most part, you can think of Android as being used on phones.
For developers, this has benefits and drawbacks. On the plus side, circa 2008, Android-style smartphones are sexy. Offering Internet services over mobile devices dates back to the mid-1990's and the Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML). However, only in recent years
have phones capable of Internet access taken off. Now, thanks to trends like text messaging and to products like Apple's iPhone, phones that can serve as Internet access devices are rapidly gaining popularity. So, working on Android applications gives you experience with an interesting technology (Android) in a fast-moving market segment (Internet-enabled phones),
which is always a good thing.




