Silicon Alley Insider and others have commented on the release of the update beta release of the Android SDK.
Google developers have been upset previously by Google’s ‘preferential’ treatment of certain developers (primarily those involved in the Android Developer Challenge – and even more likely to phone manufacturers). I don’t see this as that unusual as they may have felt that releasing it to a smaller subset of developers first would help them iron out any ‘showstopper’ bugs before they released it to the wider community.
