Android To HoneyComb: The Google Story

Via: cellphones.org]

The new version Android 3.0 Honeycomb is exclusively made for tablet PCs that makes it an much anticipated operating system of 2011. Earlier at 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Google showcased its exciting features and advanced specifications.

Android Honeycomb features:

* Totally revamped User Interface

* High-performance 2D and 3D graphics

* Multiple home-screens

* Multicore processor architectures support

* Redesigned widget gallery

* Exciting multimedia features

* New types of connectivity

* Enhancements for enterprise

* New web browser (looks like Google Chrome)

* Google eBooks application with flipping animations

* New Gmail Application

* Google Talk with video chat support (works on all OSes!)

* Google Maps 5.0 with 3D panning

On 26 January 2011, a preview of the 3.0 (Honeycomb) SDK was released. Changes include:

• Optimized tablet support with a new user interface
• Three dimensional desktop with redesigned widgets
• Refined multi-tasking
• Browser enhancements including tabbed web pages, form auto-fill, bookmark syncing with Google Chrome, and private browsing
• Support for video chat using Google Talk
• Hardware acceleration
• Support for multi-core processors

Android Honeycomb will help tablet manufactures to create better products with attractive features like multi touch and video chats. Currently most of the tablets run on Android Froyo or other operating system which were basically developed for smartphones.