platform should i be looking at? for programming purpose...

OK, citing Wikipedia, you need the Android SDK, Python 2.2+, the Java Development Kit, and Apache Ant. Currently supported platforms are **Linux (any modern desktop distribution on x86-type), Mac OS X (10.4.8+), and WinXP/Vista**. Obviously, you'll be writing in Java. All the tools mentioned can be downloaded free (and legally!).

You can also write native code in C. GCC will do - you need a UNIX-like system, so Linux, Mac OS X (or an other BSD-derived), Solaris, etc. On Windows you need cygwin, or DJGPP for DOS (meh). Look it up!

Depending what you need to do... many apps are java based written in JAVA with the droid SDK..

C gets funky cause you have to wory about system calls and stuff.

Have Fun

goto the android developers wiki.. All the info is there including videos, tutorials and downloads.

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