NDTV to Launch Mobile Channel-"NDTV Active"

NDTV is launching a new personalized mobile channel called "NDTV Active" in collaboration with July Systems, a provider of mobile solutions for media, entertainment, and sports brands. NDTV Active will offer users a personalized, interactive, and completely customizable multimedia mobile experience. Claiming to be a first-of-its-kind, the channel will offer personalized sports, business and entertainment news, 'real-time' video updates, photo galleries, personalized alerts, cricket scores, interactive services like polls, comments, sharing with friends, content downloads, and more. According to Sanjay Trehan, CEO of NDTV Convergence, the new mobile channel will give users a new way to interact with the NDTV brand and stay in touch with the latest news and favorite shows, anytime and anywhere. 'NDTV Active' is expected to be launched in the coming weeks, and will be available to subscribers of most major Indian mobile operators. V2

Google launched Android Developer Challenge-$10 million prizes waiting to be won

Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge to encourage developers to build great mobile applications for its newly released open-source mobile operating system, Android. The Challenge has a total of $10 million in prizes waiting to be won. The developer’s toolkit (SDK) for Android, which was released by the Open Handset Alliance, will allow developers to create application that will work with Google’s mobile operating system. The resulting applications will then be able to run on any of the handsets recognized by the alliance. According to Google, the award money will be distributed equally between the Android Developer Challenge I and II. Challenge I will be open and accept entries from January 2 through March 3, 2008 where the 50 most promising entries will each receive a $25,000 award by the end of March to fund further development. The 50 most promising entries in Challenge I will then be eligible for even greater recognition by applying by May 1, 2008. Ten top entries will be chosen to receive $275,000 each and another ten entries of $100,000 each. These top entries will be announced by the end of May 2008. In a post to Android Developers Blog, Jason Chen, an Android advocate, said: “We’re really looking forward to seeing all the amazing applications that developers will create on an open mobile phone platform.” Challenge II will launch after the first Android-based handsets become available in the second half of 2008. So $10 million prizes waiting ......Get Ready Developers..... V2

Google Announces Open Mobile OS - Android

Android™ will deliver a complete set of software for mobile devices: an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. On November 12, we will release an early look at the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) to allow developers to build rich mobile applications. Open Android was built from the ground-up to enable developers to create compelling mobile applications that take full advantage of all a handset has to offer. It is built to be truly open. For example, an application could call upon any of the phone’s core functionality such as making calls, sending text messages, or using the camera, allowing developers to create richer and more cohesive experiences for users. Android is built on the open Linux Kernel. Furthermore, it utilizes a custom virtual machine that has been designed to optimize memory and hardware resources in a mobile environment. Android will be open source; it can be liberally extended to incorporate new cutting edge technologies as they emerge. The platform will continue to evolve as the developer community works together to build innovative mobile applications. All applications are created equal Android does not differentiate between the phone’s core applications and third-party applications. They can all be built to have equal access to a phone’s capabilities providing users with a broad spectrum of applications and services. With devices built on the Android Platform, users will be able to fully tailor the phone to their interests. They can swap out the phone’s homescreen, the style of the dialer, or any of the applications. They can even instruct their phones to use their favorite photo viewing application to handle the viewing of all photos. Breaking down application boundaries Android breaks down the barriers to building new and innovative applications. For example, a developer can combine information from the web with data on an individual’s mobile phone — such as the user’s contacts, calendar, or geographic location — to provide a more relevant user experience. With Android, a developer could build an application that enables users to view the location of their friends and be alerted when they are in the vicinity giving them a chance to connect. Fast & easy application development Android provides access to a wide range of useful libraries and tools that can be used to build rich applications. For example, Android enables developers to obtain the location of the device, and allow devices to communicate with one another enabling rich peer-to-peer social applications. In addition, Android includes a full set of tools that have been built from the ground up alongside the platform providing developers with high productivity and deep insight into their applications. Read more here V2