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I have chosen to join the AndroidGuys team couple days ago, this decision came into place when I saw that I didn't have enough time for my class work. Anyway, I will be blogging from time to time at AndroidGuys so stay tuned and join the feed over there why don't you?

Google Android has a bright future ahead and you do not want to miss out on all the news and opinions relating to Android amongst other things to come. AndroidGuys is the number one spot for everything relating to all your Google Android needs so hurry and get over there already before I have to be forced to use my Ancient Mystic Powers to rip out your spine Mortal Kombat style...ok maybe I wont go that far.

Here are some things you maybe interested in, 34 Weeks Of OHA, that's a very well done and ongoing series that features a member of the Open Handset Alliance every week for 34 weeks.

Got a response from the Enkin guys, apparently there was a mix up so all is well.
Enkin is looking most likely to be an application that most Android users will be using in the very near future to come.
Thanks to Rafael Spring and Max Braun for taking timeout to answer a a few questions relating to Enkin and other things.

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We both study at the University of Koblenz-Landau in Koblenz, Germany. The course is called Computational Visualistics, which is basically Computer Science, but with an emphasis on its visual elements like computer graphics or image processing.

But it was in Japan where we started to work on Enkin. We spent six months at the University of Osaka doing robotics research. Btw: they have real androids there!

Where did the idea of Enkin come from

Got a response from the Enkin guys, apparently there was a mix up so all is well.
Enkin is looking most likely to be an application that most Android users will be using in the very near future to come.
Thanks to Rafael Spring and Max Braun for taking timeout to answer a a few questions relating to Enkin and other things.

Tell Us About yourselves

We both study at the University of Koblenz-Landau in Koblenz, Germany. The course is called Computational Visualistics, which is basically Computer Science, but with an emphasis on its visual elements like computer graphics or image processing.

But it was in Japan where we started to work on Enkin. We spent six months at the University of Osaka doing robotics research. Btw: they have real androids there!

Where did the idea of Enkin come from

2013 is a long long wait for Mobile Linux to kick some serious "behind", ABI Research has predicted that by 2013 Mobile Linux will be 20% of Mid-Ranged and High-End Mobile Devices.

No doubt that Google Android will be apart of that 20% along with other Linux offerings from the LiMo Foundation, Azingo, OpenMoko and even Nokia's Maemo project that is running on their Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.
Microsoft, Symbian, (which sounds like a sex machine than anything else) along with Apple better watch out as Mobile Linux is set to take over in all it's fragmentation glory.

Think the HTC "DREAM" was a fluke? Well check out these Google Android phones below their Windows Mobile counterparts. This is a huge speculation on my part, but i strongly believe those 4 phones are Google Android phones, there is no denying it.

You see that one beside the phone with the qwerty keyboard? doesn't it look similar to the phone used to demonstrate Google Android in the video I posted a while back? Look closely and you will see that it's basically the same thing. Same color, same size probably because the picture could make the phone look bigger than it really is.

Come the 6th of May, we will see all these phones in action at the HTC announced event, hopefully.

Is that number a beast or what? The Google Android Developer Challenge saw developers from over 70 countries submit 1,788 entries to the Challenge, all hoping to get some dough.

Yes you read right, Rafael Spring and Max Braun has agreed to an interview with Android Colosseum, we will be chatting mainly about their Google Android application Enkin which has been getting allot of buzz.

Trust me, you need to see this application for yourselves, they have a intro/demo video of Enkin and it is just superb to say the least. Still doubtful if Google Android will deliver? check out the video right here

Are we seeing the beginning of another lawsuit against Google in the making? Unlikely, but for the Government, or lets just say two Republican Representative and a Democrat, to say that Google deliberately manipulated the outcome of the FCC's recent 700MHz auction at a hearing today. They claimed that Google unfairly managed to obtain an open wireless network without having to win it, by promising to bid at least $4.6 billion on the 22MHz block if the winner was forced to allow open (third-party) access.

Rafael Spring and Max Braun are the developers behind this GPS application which is called Enkin which has been submitted to the Android Developer Challenge first round. These guys specialize in robotics and Computational Visualistics, impressive yeah? Check out the video below along with their PDF Documentation of Enkin

“Enkin” introduces a new handheld navigation concept. It displays location-based content in a unique way that bridges the gap between reality and classic map-like representations. It combines GPS, orientation sensors, 3D graphics, live video, several web services and a novel user interface into an intuitive and light navigation system for mobile devices.

This project is a submission for the first round of the Google Android Developer Challenge and should not be considered a final product. If you want to learn about it in detail, please read our documentation [.PDF].

Yesterday in San Francisco, Google held small talks about Android which is vewry interesting and draws applause form the crowd looking on. Google developer and Linux kernel contributor Robert Love speaks of Android software development kit (SDK) and a technical overview of the architecture.

The goal of Android is to be open to developers, open to the industry, and open to users," Love told the audience. "Users don't need permission to install applications. Devices from Open Handset Alliance partners will not restrict users.

Those are the words pf Robert Love, he also stated that no special permission from Google or the mobile carriers will be needed to make, deploy, or run applications for Android handsets. The carriers and handset makers that are official members of the Open Handset Alliance are obligated to grant and respect those freedoms as a condition of using the platform.

If you are guessing about the Source Code, well you won't see that until handsets are on the market the second half of this year.

Google Android competitor in the Linux Mobile Colosseum, has revealed the price of their next phone. OpenMoko's Neo Freerunner will set you back $399 for a device that has a 500MHz ARM4 chipset, 3D etc, we don't usually see phones with that type of hardware going for such a cheap price.

OpenMoko has drawn first blood, now lets sit back and wait for HTC to unveil the "DREAM" so the whole world can see what Android and Google is capable of.

It's Sunday...again, and thus another episode of AC's Top 10 Week in Review that to me will be the best yet. Last week started off a bit on the slow side but like many weeks before, the latter days of the week proves to be the best.

So what do I have in store for your clicking and reading pleasure? Look on for the upcoming top 10

10. Google Android under fire
9. AndroidGuys speaks with TAT
8. Microsoft threatens Yahoo!
7. Judges for Android Developer Challenge
6. Letter from Yahoo! to Microsoft
5. 57 Reasons to visit Google I/O

This week has been a really fair week where Google Android is concerned, nothing new about Android has been revealed but that didn't stop some impressively skilled set of guys from turning the Blosphere inside out with their port of Android to the Nokia N810 and then to the HTC Tilt. So what is the next high road set for Android? Not Symbian of course!

The next Android port that I am hoping for that will surely put the internet in a state of flux is....Google Android running on the iPhone. Personally, I don't know how hard it is to perform such a stunt, but Android on the iPhone would be an awesome achievement for anyone who actually pulls it off. Most likely it wouldn't be of much use running on the iPhone, but just for the excitement and the praise one would get from everyone across the internet, wouldn't that be reason enough?