In today’s tough job market and rising unemployment, we felt it was newsworthy to pass on some potentially helpful information that just might land someone a job but also demonstrates that Garmin is definitely commited to some Android development. Garmin, a GPS powerhouse, is actively seeking Android developers in the Kansas City area. They are interested in developers with expertise in programming in C, C++, C#, Java, and other languages who will help them create navigation and location-based apps. If interested, check out the job listing here and pack your bags for Kansas City!

source: AndroidGuys

Although Motorola doesn’t feel like talking about its upcoming Android smartphones, it seems that the company is pretty eager to come across some talented Android developers. The official MOTODEV site is now clearly open to developers who want to participate in the making of a rich application catalog, meaning devices are indeed in the works. Christy Wyatt, Motorola’s vice president of software platforms, has said that after collaborating with MOTODEV, Android app makers will have the opportunity to distribute their products through numerous channels, informs Forbes. This includes the Android Market, carrier stores, direct sales and third party distributors. Apparently, the most innovative and useful apps have a chance to come preloaded on future Android-powered Motorola phones.

The company hopes to attract attention because of the many Android products it plans to roll out, as well as their global distribution. Christy Wyatt has also said their handsets will vary from mid- to high-end and will be targeted to both the consumer and the enterprise markets, relying on messaging and multimedia features (the rumored Morrison for T-Mobile seems to fit in these characteristics).

source: MOTODEV and Forbes via EngadgetMobile

Developers from Canonical unveiled a nifty surprise at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona on Tuesday – the beginnings of Android applications feeling right at home on the Ubuntu Linux distribution.  Although Android uses the Linux kernel, it isn’t so much a Linux platform as it is built on Google’s custom Java runtime, currently making it more suitable for mobile phones and tablets.  Read the full story

After the good news about the notorious Cupcake update coming to the T-Mobile G1 owners in the beginning of May, Android Dev Phone owners are already able to download an official version of the update. So, we can only hope now that Deutsche Telekom (parent company of T-Mobile USA) is to keep its word and will not delay the T-Mobile G1 update any longer, bringing important features like an on-screen QWERTY, video recording and A2DP to the users.

Now that we know Cupcake is finally ready, we guess that the development of the next set of new features for the Android OS is already underway.We hope that we would not have to wait for it as long as we had with Cupcake (since last December).

source: HTC via EngadgetMobile