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Remember that little mobile OS initiative from Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA)? Yea, well, we haven’t heard much from the Android-camp in a minute, so we’re glad to see that the Android platform is still going strong.
The BBC’s Darren Waters got a chance to sit down with Andy Rubin, Google’s director of mobile platforms, play with the latest Android OS stack – running on some 3G handset prototype that rocks a huge touchscreen and a trackball. What we see in the video is the Android OS getting jiggy with the Google Maps Street View feature – giving first-person, street-level views of Google Maps’ maps in all its smooth scrolling and zooming glory. It’s really impressive.
We can’t wait for Android to get slapped with that “final” spec and get pushed into consumer hands, but until then, here’s a little video for you to chew on.
That new Android SDK sure did some good…
[Via: BBC]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
