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Karl Pauls [email protected]

Karl Pauls

! Dipl.-Inform. Freie Universität Berlin! Head of OSGi and Mobile CC - akquinet AG! Member Apache Software Foundation

! PMC Apache Felix, Apache Sling, Apache Ace

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akquinet AG

akquinet AG€1300k SEakquinet

business consultingGmbH €60k SE

Associate Partners

BMC GMBH

cimt AG

International

akquinet IBS GmbH €250k SE

Microsoft / .NET

akquinet dynamic solutionsGmbH €300k SE

Outsourcing

akquinet outsourcing gGmbH €250k SE

JAVA / SAP

akquinet it-agile GmbH €100k SE

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Partner Power International GmbHPartnerbeteiligung

DoubleC GmbH

Groupconcept GmbH

infodesign GmbH

panoptimum GmbH

Portal Systems GmbH

PortivITy GmbH

w//Center GmbH

In association 2007

Staff 433

GmbH €250k SE

akquinet IBS BrüsselGmbH €40k SE

akquinet eurosoft Sp. z o.o. €100k SE

HKSGmbH €75k SE

GmbH €300k SE

akquinet SLS logistics GmbH €250k SE

gGmbH €250k SE

akquinet system integration GmbH €125k SE

GmbH €100k SE

akquinet tech@spree GmbH €300k SE

akquinet enterprise solutions GmbH €80k SE

akquinet AG 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Budget 2008

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Customers

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Mobile Solutions

Android

iPhone

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Mobile OSGi

JME



Be Open, Be Modular !

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Closed Platform

Closed Platform with Controlled

Extensions

Closed Platformwith (Controlled)

Extensions

Open Platform with Extensions


Why Android?! Need better ways to

construct mobile applications! Android is about taking full

advantage of all a handset has to offer …

! Android is about fast and

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easy application development …

! Android is about applications that work together …

! Android is about breaking down application boundaries …



Overview


Activity, Intent, and Service


Life cycle


From Source to Deployment



Open Source and Open Platform! source.android.com

! Apache License

! Free and Open Source! Fully customizable mobile platform! Full Stack


! Operating system! Middleware! Key mobile applications

! Rich set of APIs! Devices from HTC, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, …

! Laptop before the end of the year


Developers, Developers, Developers! Wide range of useful libraries and tools! Share code between android application and

JME/JSE/JEE! Seemless integration into developer tools! Access to location of the device


! Access to location of the device! Communication enables peer-to-peer social

applications! Open Source allows Monkey-see Monkey-do

approach


All applications are created equal! No difference between core and third-party applications! All applications have equal access to a phone‘s capabilities! Fully tailor the phone to the user

! Swap out the phone‘s homescreen, the style of the dailer, etc.

! Intents allow to integrate and share functionality


g y! Make calls! Send sms! Use the camera

! Applications can extend the provided functionality


Mesh-up and Share! Combine information from the web with local data

! User‘s contacts! Calendar! Geographic location

! Enables new kind of innovative applications


! Applications can be distributed via ! the official market! other sources on the web

! Develop new/other kinds of devices! Be part of the android community

! Mailing lists, Bug tracker, Meritocracy


Alliance, Google, and Community ! User applications! Open Source v.s. Control! Apache v.s. Android Community

! Meritocracy! Community v.s. Google


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! Fragmentation ! 1000‘s of devices equals 1000‘s of versions?

! Security

Use-case OSGi! OSGi adds lifecycle manageability

! Push deployment of native Android applications ! Install, Remove, Update any component! Remote configuration of apps and services! Lock&Wipe of device (if supported by OEM)


! Standardized remote management interface

! Apache Felix supports running on Android! OEM support needed for Android 1.0/1.1

! OSGi complements, not competes with the Android programming model

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Karl [email protected]ülowstraße 66, 10783 Berlin+49 151 226 49 845


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