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Android Interface Previewed In Video

Nov 12, 2007, 2:27 PM by Eric Lin

Google today released a series of videos about the Android platform to encourage development on it. The videos highlight two hardware prototypes - one with a keyboard and landscape screen, the other with a large touch screen and navigation pad. Google showed off the Android version of Google Maps, as well as some of how contacts, threaded messaging and calling are all integrated into the OS. Certain features like typing a name from the home screen to search contacts, a rotating carousel of applications, and even the QWERTY keyboard layout all hark back to Android's Danger roots. Google also announced it will give $10 million in rewards to the top applications created by March.

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beeferjay

Nov 12, 2007, 3:33 PM

They should buy out sprint

then they could use the WiMax to push their Android platform and encourage the creation of superdevices.

crackberry

beeferjay said:
then they could use the WiMax to push their Android platform and encourage the creation of superdevices.

i'd sign up for sprint then! even being a gsm fan, any carrier ran by google would be better tha...
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googman

Nov 12, 2007, 9:41 PM

$10 MILLION!

$10 million for someone who makes a good app for the android os holy crap... man i wish i knew how to make apps for that, id be rich then lol

LordObento

Yeah... it will probably go to someone that creates a program that can let you play WoW on your phone.

mycool

Creating the application doesn't seem that difficult, though the hard part would be the "originaltiy". Really, what could people want from a mobile phone that isn't already out there keeping in mind data transfer capabilities.

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cwcanty

Nov 12, 2007, 2:54 PM

i love google!

They are pushing the envelope and forcing change! I think it's great for the industry as a whole.

crackberry

cwcanty said:
They are pushing the envelope and forcing change! I think it's great for the industry as a whole.

yes. and one thing that really needs to be changed is what apple did at&t and manufactures need to take ...
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cullama213

Nov 13, 2007, 10:41 AM

What touch phone were they using in the video?

As the subject head says, which phone?

It looks pretty sweet...

googman

im not sure but i think it might be the motorola rokr e7... kinda looked like it but im not sure plus its not out yet

you can find some info on that phone here http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_rokr_e8_and_ rokr_e7_pop_up-news-304.php

Jorin

Nov 12, 2007, 11:14 PM

Still a Palm Fan?

I want a Google OS phone NOW! Not next year, not in a few months, NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

This looks like the operating system to finally pull me away from Palm, there I said it. Sorry Palm.

cwcanty

agreed. my thoughts exactly!

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