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I suspect someone’s going to give me an Amazon gift certificate for Christmas, and someone already gave me an Android. What’s the best book for learning to develop or Android? They’re aren’t a lot of choices yet:

• Professional Android Application Development (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) by Reto Meier (Paperback - Nov 24, 2008) $44.99
• The Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development by Mark L. Murphy (Paperback - Jun 25, 2008) $30.00
• Android A Programmers Guide by Jerome DiMarzio (Paperback - Jul 30, 2008) $39.99
• Hello, Android: Introducing Google’s Mobile Development Platform by Ed Burnette (Paperback - Dec 28, 2008) $32.95 $21.75
• Android Essentials (Firstpress) by Chris Haseman (Paperback - Sep 18, 2008)

Which ones are worth the paper they’re printed on and which ones are headed for the recycling bin as soon as the next SDK version hits the ether?