Looks like another UI re-design, engadget also mentions something about 3d elements in the apps tray. You could speculate, I suppose, that they've moved to a hardware renderer for the UI. As for why Google would it; their brand carries a massive amount of weight which will help the platform and from a business point of view I can only assume they will make money on the phones.
On Dec 13, 9:46 pm, Thomas Riley <[email protected]> wrote: > It still leaves the question, what in Android 2.1 is so spectacular > that needs a bigger testing process than the Droid? > > On Dec 13, 9:01 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I just don't see Google selling their own phone to consumers. I > > wonder if it will be the third dev phone ADP3 and that's where the > > confusion is coming from. Google will sell it unlocked, but as a dev > > phone. It will be available to the public as the HTC Passion through > > T-mobile. The G1 and the magic dev phone are still on Android 1.6. I > > think it does make sense to have an Android 2.X dev phone at this > > point. That's my guess. > > > Jeff > > > Trackaroo.com > > Trackmaster - Motorsports Lap Timerhttp://trackmaster.trackaroo.com > > Dynomaster - Performance Dynohttp://dynomaster.trackaroo.com > > > On Dec 13, 10:55 am, Thomas Riley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Its clear that google are testing something pretty special, most > > > likely running Android 2.1 however this still does not confirm its a > > > google branded device. > > > > On Dec 12, 9:18 pm, Mike Wolfson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This post doesn't have a lot of details, but it does confirm that > > > > Google is creating their own hardware. There has been a ton of > > > > speculation about this, so this confirmation is really interesting. > > > > It does look like it won't be available to the public (they describe > > > > it as a mobile lab), but just for Googlers. > > > > >http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/12/android-dogfood-diet-for-hol... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
