MSM7xx series is definitely not part of Android open souce, it's owned by Qualcomm. You need to contact with Qualcomm to get them, and generally it's licensed to a company who wants to use Qualcomm chips to make handsets.
2009/3/4 Sayiram K N <sayiram.koth...@gmail.com> > Hi Ludwig > how about the protocol stacks?? say for MSM7xx series if i want EDGE/GSM > stacks for MSM series chipsets,are they part of the android open source?? > if so how to and where to get those. any idea on these. > Sayiram > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:01 PM, F H <expelia...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Ludwig, >> >> I'm mostly asking from a device creators viewpoint. One of the >> attractions of Android is the ability to access the Market and download >> content. What I don't know is what the process is that enables a device to >> gain access to this...certification, testing, how the provisioning works, >> costs etc. Who should I contact at Google about such things??? >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Ludwig <ludwigbrinckm...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I think you have to realise that the Android Market is not part of >>> Android, the open source project, but a commercial enterprise run by Google >>> to which currently only owners of officially distributed phones have access >>> (the market app is not open source). So if you would need to have access to >>> market apps, you would need to buy an ADP1 phone, so you could get to the >>> market _and_ be able to get the apps off the phone and onto a device you are >>> developing, but that will not give you access to protected apps. (A G1 will >>> give you all the apps, but not a way of getting to them). >>> Equally, just as you will not send out a device you are making for free >>> to those who develop apps to test whether their apps will work on your >>> device, many developers will not make their apps available to you for free, >>> but you could always ask. >>> >>> Having said this, I have seen lots of apps crash, not function well etc >>> even on a G1 phone, so the question is what will testing an app on your >>> device really tell you? It could be bugs on your device, bugs in the app or >>> bugs in Android. >>> >>> The real question of course is whether there is something like an Android >>> compatibility test suite that a device must be able to run to be 'certified >>> Android'. I am not aware of one and with things in flux as they are there >>> might not be one, even though I hope that Google has some release testing in >>> place. >>> >>> Ludwig >>> >>> 2009/3/3 mvniekerk <mvniek...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>>> Yeah, bump from my side of things as well. >>>> >>>> On Mar 2, 6:10 pm, F H <expelia...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> > How does a product manufacturer gain access the Android Market? >>>> > Is it possible to download the applications for testing purposes? >>>> > Does the provisioning system present all Android applications or only >>>> those >>>> > that have been certified to run on a particular device to a user? >>>> > Does the provisioning system only recognise 'approved' Android devices >>>> and >>>> > if so, is the approval process described anywhere? >>>> > Are there any costs associated with hooking up to Android Market? >>>> > >>>> > Many Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
