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+PhoneGap Android
+=============================================================
+PhoneGap Android is an Android application library that allows
+for PhoneGap based projects to be built for the Android Platform.
+
+Pre-requisites
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+  * Java JDK 1.5
+  * Android SDK Package [http://developer.android.com](http://developer.android.com)
+  * Apache ANT (For build script)
+  * Eclipse (Recommended, not required)
+
+Build from Command Line
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+ant phonegap_debug or ant phonegap_release
+
+Getting Started with Eclipse
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+The wiki article to get started with Eclipse can be found at [http://phonegap.pbworks.com/Getting-started-with-Android-PhoneGap-in-Eclipse-(Tested)]http://phonegap.pbworks.com/Getting-started-with-Android-PhoneGap-in-Eclipse-(Tested)
+
+Android 1.5
+------------------------------------------------------------
+The Android 1.5 Branch contains a 1.5 version of PhoneGap.  This should
+be used for carriers who do not currently have Android 1.6 or newer devices
+offered.
+
+