When Google looks into the future it looks extremely bright for their Android smartphone platform. If you don't want to go that far you could at least say that the future looks much more bright then it did around 2 years back when the Android smartphone platform made its debut. Back then it was just one single smartphone and didn't have much in terms of add-on application offerings.
In the keynote speech at the Google I/O conference Google was able to tout some pretty remarkable numbers:
* 100,000 brand new activations associated with an Android device every day
* 50,000 new purchases in the Android Market ever day
Google also unveiled it new version of Android and it appears that this version is far more of a technological leap of the mere version 2.2 number would suggest. One example of how these version numbers don't indicate when a software may have made a genuine breakthrough.
Some of the interesting and breakthroughs offered within the version upgrade bundle that were out line within the presentation are:
* Much quicker performance
* Flash support - While it's true that Adobe Flash can sometimes be stupid and seem somewhat evil but sometimes you just have to watch a video or use some type of an interactive widget
* Backup's automatically
Perhaps the only complaint that many will have is the wait as many of the cell phone service providers/manufactures are not getting the upgrade right away. For example, HTC has noted that only those cell phones shipped in the second half of 2010 will be getting Froyo. All of the others will be running the existing Adroid software.
With extended battery life, this feature should have been advertised as one of the advanced features.
Some other evidence of the healthy state of the Android is on full display just down the hall and one floor down from the keynote auditorium. There is a glass case and it is filled with 54 different tablet computers and Android phones. It allowed for the attendees to view the current and a lot of the upcoming Android phones from places like:
* Sony
* Samsung
* LG
* HTC
* Motorola
The one thing that seems really safe to say is that if there's not an Android phone that is in the size and the shape that you want it there will be one soon. Even if it doesn't match every single feature requirement or even do everything as elegant as the iPhone.
Perhaps with the given line up, people will finally stop asking about the Verizon iPhone.
In the keynote speech at the Google I/O conference Google was able to tout some pretty remarkable numbers:
* 100,000 brand new activations associated with an Android device every day
* 50,000 new purchases in the Android Market ever day
Google also unveiled it new version of Android and it appears that this version is far more of a technological leap of the mere version 2.2 number would suggest. One example of how these version numbers don't indicate when a software may have made a genuine breakthrough.
Some of the interesting and breakthroughs offered within the version upgrade bundle that were out line within the presentation are:
* Much quicker performance
* Flash support - While it's true that Adobe Flash can sometimes be stupid and seem somewhat evil but sometimes you just have to watch a video or use some type of an interactive widget
* Backup's automatically
Perhaps the only complaint that many will have is the wait as many of the cell phone service providers/manufactures are not getting the upgrade right away. For example, HTC has noted that only those cell phones shipped in the second half of 2010 will be getting Froyo. All of the others will be running the existing Adroid software.
With extended battery life, this feature should have been advertised as one of the advanced features.
Some other evidence of the healthy state of the Android is on full display just down the hall and one floor down from the keynote auditorium. There is a glass case and it is filled with 54 different tablet computers and Android phones. It allowed for the attendees to view the current and a lot of the upcoming Android phones from places like:
* Sony
* Samsung
* LG
* HTC
* Motorola
The one thing that seems really safe to say is that if there's not an Android phone that is in the size and the shape that you want it there will be one soon. Even if it doesn't match every single feature requirement or even do everything as elegant as the iPhone.
Perhaps with the given line up, people will finally stop asking about the Verizon iPhone.
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