“Two years ago I began writing a book about writing applications
for Android.“IBack then, most people had not heard of Android — in
fact, unless you’re a phone-geek or a Linux fan, you may still not
have heard of Android.“IWhen asked to describe my project, I simply described it as a
book for folks like me who want to write software for the “Google
Phone”.“IOf course, a “Google Phone” really didn’t exist at the time.
But now, as 2010 approaches, rumors abound about the new phone
built just for Google, named the “Nexus One”.“I am no insider — no one at Google has called to let me
know what is going on — nor do I have one of these devices
handy. I have not seen the device and am relying on information
from the web just like most of us. Regardless, it looks like a
Google Phone is on the horizon, so what do we know about this
device?”