I spent the Thanksgiving holiday watching my dad play around with his new Droid. To my surprise, he was kind enough to let my try it out while he slept off Thanksgiving goodness. In short, it is Way Ugly, Blazing Fast, and ** Surprisingly Fun**. It won’t dethrone the iPhone, but I think Google is onto something if they can fix a few shortcomings. Way Ugly The aesthetics of the physical device and the OS itself was quite disappointing. »
This post isn’t so much about how to get started, but about how easy it is to get started with Android development. In about 5 min (excluding download time), I had a working Android app that spit out Hello Android. Here is how you can get started, should you so choose. Download and install Eclipse (I installed Classic) Download the Android SDK and read the quickstart (Install ADT plugin for Eclipse mainly) Run through the Hello Android tutorial The download is painfully slow, but after you get it installed, creating new apps is a breeze. »