iDon't, but Droid Does ...

Motorola Droid is to be released in November by Verizon Wireless. Here is their first (anti-iPhone) video spot for the Motorola Droid. At least the robot voice speaking word "Droid" in the end of video is really cool. Reminds me of the Cylons in the original Battlestar Galactica TV series :).

MOTODEV Studio for Android

I downloaded today MOTODEV Studio for Android. The tool is targeted to be a complete Eclipse based development package for developing Android applications. The key tool features are described to be as follows:

• Eclipse 3.4 based tool environment including Android Development Tools (ADT)
• Automated updating of ADT
  
• Advanced support for templates and code snippets
• Application signing support
• Marketing integration via connecting to Android application stores
  
• Update Manager for updating the installed components
• Context-sensitive help and integration documentation
• Handset emulators including the Motorola-specific ones
• Application creation wizards for creating implementations of the most common and important framework classes
  
• Virtual device lab for launching applications on real handsets hosted remotely at DeviceAnywhere, across carriers and regions.
• Package deployment supporting easy loading of developed applications to handsets and emulators.
• A dedicated Eclipse perspective
• Running and debugging application in Motorola handset

The key features list sounds very interesting and promising. It seems to me that Motorola is making a big effort and investments to enter into Android economy. I will definitively give a try for MOTODEV Studio. I will report my experiences and findings in this blog in near future. Stay tuned.

I am interested to receive your comments about this particular tool and other Android development tools currently available.