Android 3.0 for tablets looks like a leap beyond iPad for Google (video)

January 5, 2011 9:43 PM
Devindra Hardawar
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Google today previewed its upcoming tablet-friendly Android 3.0 update at the Consumer Electronics Show, and it looks unlike any version of Android we’ve ever seen.

The video shows off a slick new user interface that Google describes as a “truly virtual holographic interface” built specifically for large-screen devices. We’re not sure if that means it won’t be available for phones, but I would honestly find it surprising if Google made that sort of restriction. At the very least, much of what we see in Android 3.0 will make it into the next major update for Android phones.

Android 3.0 will sport a revamped home screen, browser, and email all optimized for tablets. Additionally, there’s a new YouTube interface and support for the new version of Google Maps that first appeared on Android 2.3. The OS will also let Google Talk users video chat between tablets and computers — a feature we definitely expect to see on phones soon as well.

Most impressive to me is the vast leap Android 3.0 demonstrates beyond earlier versions of Android running on tablets. With Android 3.0, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab will be much more compelling and an actual competitor to the iPad — something that will hold true for all Android 3.0-powered tablets.

  • justmeherenow

    Wow, now we're talking.A lot of those items like Navigation, Gmail and cloud services are years beyond Apple and at least one year ahead of MS.Wonder how upset Jobs must feel now. Specially if all of that has Patents behind it. Im sure he is throwing a fit about now.

  • http://www.mattroberts.com matt roberts

    All of this is based on Bumptop. A Toronto based startup that Google acquired last year. Go back and look at old Bumptop videos and you can't help but notice the similarities.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LI6CL6HM4XCV5IX4FWPW6VPS24 waii

    this doesn't look as cool as the bump top vids

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LI6CL6HM4XCV5IX4FWPW6VPS24 waii

    this is another sign that android is going to kill the ipad and iphone

  • http://twitter.com/mylesw Myles Wakeham

    I think there is no doubt that Android will own this market. Thanks for introducing the tablet, Apple, but you can go now. Android will take it from here.

  • http://twitter.com/TheMacAdvocate Jeremiah

    Years? It's a static demo for Chrissakes. Beat off all over your keyboard in the privacy of your own home.And “patents” isn't capitalized.Fscking retard.

  • http://twitter.com/TheMacAdvocate Jeremiah

    Just like Android ran away with the smartphone market in countries where the iPhone is on more than one carrier…Wait, wut?

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/LFTVI5ALQHKIZAUUBOUZD64CJM Sandeep

    I love competition between Apple and Google

  • ABooth

    Apple didn't introduce the tablet. There were tablets way before the iPad. Apple marketed the iPad as if it was the first, but it's just the Apple tablet, so it must be the best thing since sliced bread.Don't believe the marketing.

  • http://twitter.com/kgro kgro

    There are folks, who swear by iOS, there are those, who do the same with Android. There is no single product that would fit to ALL consumers, so no one is killing anybody here. In fact 2 mobile OS is too little, to be honest, but hey, it's not like BB is going to release anything worthwhile…

  • http://www.devindra.org Devindra Hardawar

    Actually you'll probably be surprised by the PlayBook. It's definitely one of the more interesting tablets coming out this year–

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