Sprint Launches Support for Android on Sprint Developer Web Site
Written by Sprint
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan.- Sprint (NYSE:S) announced today several additions to its Application
Developer Web site -- http://developer.sprint.com/android -- designed to give developers the tools needed to create innovative
applications for Android-powered devices. The updated site will include:
Implementation information for Sprint’s Android-powered devices.
Sprint network and product services (location-based services,
messaging, Geofence and more) available through the Sprint Developer
Sandbox.
Developers utilizing the site and tools will easily be able to create
and test applications for the Android platform on the Sprint network.
The enhanced Web site will include information about Sprint’s
Android-powered devices and will feature compelling applications that
are available in Android Market™.
In addition, the Sprint Open Developer Conference, Oct. 26-28 in Santa
Clara, Calif., will include several sessions dedicated to Android
development including information from HTC and Google™. The event is
Sprint’s ninth annual developer conference. This year marks the first
year the conference is open to the entire developer community.
Developers should register at http://developer.sprint.com/devcon2009.
The Sprint Developer Conference will provide compelling and useful tools
that attendees can use immediately to develop applications, content,
machine-to-machine devices and unified communication solutions relevant
to the market. Developers will learn about current Sprint capabilities
across devices, networks and platforms.
“Sprint continues to demonstrate its leadership in providing an open
environment for developers to create and bring to market innovative
applications for business users and consumers,” said Len Barlik, vice
president of wireless and wireline services for Sprint. “With robust
Android support on our application developer Web site and the upcoming
launch of HTC Hero, Sprint has opened the door for developers to create
Android applications that take advantage of the speed and reliability of
the Now Network.”
HTC premiere sponsor of the Sprint Developer Conference
HTC and Sprint will give developers at the Sprint Developer Conference
the opportunity to be among the first to own a HTC Hero. The first 400
developers to arrive at the HTC coding lab on Oct. 26 will receive a HTC
Hero with one month of Sprint service. To qualify, developers need to
show their laptop with the Android development environment (1.5)
installed and ready for the hands-on lab session. HTC will give away a
number of additional HTC Hero devices at its booth throughout the
conference. To be eligible to participate in the HTC coding lab and
receive a HTC Hero, participants must register to attend the Sprint
Developer Conference at http://developer.sprint.com/devcon2009.
During its evening coding lab, HTC is teaming with Mark Murphy of
CommonsWare to lead an Android platform training session. Murphy has
published three guides on Android development and writes the “Building
'Droids” column for AndroidGuys and the “Android Angle” column for NetworkWorld.
He has more than 25 years of application development experience and has
delivered conference presentations and training sessions on a wide array
of topics internationally.
Google participation
Google will be a featured presenter at the Sprint Developer Conference.
Android team members and technical subject matter experts from Google
will lead developers in an in-depth technical discussion from 8:30 – 11
a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The day will start with an update on Android
and Android Market, followed by the technical session, led by developers
on the Android team at Google, which will include an introductory
discussion about the Android platform, how to write Android applications
and sharing best practices.
Mobile content and applications on Sprint
Sprint is committed to offering mobile content and applications to its
customers when, where and how they want them:
Sprint customers enjoy full HTML browsing on their phones, with Google
as their search provider, experience personalized Web browsing with
Sprint Web and can choose to download name-brand apps and services
from the Internet – other carriers may limit applications to those
sanctioned by the carrier.
More than 300 different non-Sprint-branded devices, from
machine-to-machine to telemetry, operate on the Sprint network through
a widely respected device certification process.
Sprint is a member of the Open Handset Alliance™, along with more than
30 other participating companies, supporting the free and open mobile
applications platform named Android.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including
two wireless networks serving almost 49 million customers at the end of
the second quarter of 2009; industry-leading mobile data services;
instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a
global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The company’s customer-focused strategy
has led to improved first call resolution and customer care satisfaction
scores. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.
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