{"id":12781,"date":"2011-01-05T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/2011\/01\/05\/a-taste-of-honeycomb-google-previews-android-3-0-for-tablets\/"},"modified":"2011-01-05T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T01:43:00","slug":"a-taste-of-honeycomb-google-previews-android-30-for-tablets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=12781","title":{"rendered":"A Taste of Honeycomb: Google Previews Android 3.0 for Tablets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 2px 10px 5px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Android 3.0 Tablets\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Android 3.0 Tablets\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/android_tablet.jpg\" width=\"368\" height=\"267\" \/>Google officially introduced Android 3.0 to the world today via an ad-like YouTube video (shown below).&#160; The video was short on details and long on fluff, but it\u2019s safe to say that Honeycomb will hit tablets in a big, big way later this year.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The few details to be gleamed from the video are these: the UI is an interesting mix of 2D and 3D effects, including a \u201cholographic\u201d selection menu for books, YouTube videos, etc.&#160; There are redesigned widgets to take advantage of larger tablet screens.&#160; Gmail has also been updated for more screen space, and a tablet-sized version of Google Talk with support for forward-facing cameras is part of the mix.&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the <a href=\"http:\/\/googlemobile.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/sneak-peak-of-android-30-honeycomb.html\">blog post<\/a> accompanying the video, Google also says that they\u2019ve refined multi-tasking in 3.0 and have upgraded the web browser.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">We expect to see much more about Honeycomb in the coming weeks, though two Android 3.0 tablets have already been announced this afternoon: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2011\/01\/05\/motorola-xoom-tablet-announced\/\">Motorola XOOM<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2011\/01\/05\/t-mobile-and-lg-announce-g-slate-hspa-android-3-0\/\">LG G-Slate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; width: 595px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:99eed4c8-cd6c-4465-8aa2-6497a1c4a03e\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div><object width=\"595\" height=\"362\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MNY8s7mF_ZM?hl=en&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MNY8s7mF_ZM?hl=en&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"595\" height=\"362\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:595px;clear:both;font-size:.8em\">Android 3.0 Promotional Video from Google<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google officially introduced Android 3.0 to the world today via an ad-like YouTube video (shown below).&#160; The video was short on details and long on fluff, but it\u2019s safe to say that Honeycomb will hit tablets in a big, big way later this year. 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