Android 3.0 doubts could put paid to smartphone appearance
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 10:28:06
It seems that smartphone users who are fans of the Android operating system may never be able to get version 3.0 of Google's platform on their handsets.
This news has come straight from the mouth of a Google representative, who confirmed that Android 3.0, also known as Honeycomb, was built from the ground up for tablets and, as such, would only be thought of as a tablet platform.
The implication of the statement made to TechRadar is that Android 3.0 will be kept separate to the smartphone-oriented versions of the software.
However, Google's Dave Burke, also said that it did not want to keep the naming scheme for Android separate to distinguish tablets based on it from the smartphones. This means that future versions of Android for mobiles may well share a version number or nametag with tablet editions, as Google looks to unify the platform in the public perception, even if it is not identical on the various platforms.
Mr Burke said that Google's main aim was to create Android as a kind of solid foundation which manufacturers would be free to tweak but that would, ultimately, provide the same user experience whether you are using a smartphone or a tablet computer.
Key to keeping a unified front will be the user interface, which Mr Burke hopes will be left alone for Android 3.0, ensuring that the various tablets which end up running it will not feel like totally different devices.
Mr Burke indicated that Google was not happy with all of the user interface changes initiated by manufacturers who use Android on smartphones and tablets. However, he made a point of saying that some third party alterations had really impressed Google and guided it as it works on future releases.
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