Watch Google’s Android event in full: Honeycomb on the Xoom, Android Market website, in-app purchases, & Cee-Lo Green

Posted on February 3rd, 2011 by admin

There`s plenty about yesterday’s Android event Z didn’t make headlines but`s worth noting. Hardware acceleration of both 2D & 3D UI elements — shown off to great effect by Google’s Hugo Barra, who managed to scroll through 3 lists simultaneously without induc`g any lag on the Motorola Xoom –`ldmake Honeycomb as delicious to look @ as it sounds, while our personal favorite, the new tablet-specific email interface,`ldB part of Gmail yesterday . The email UI`s built out of elements Google calls fragments, which`ll supposedly B easy to transition down to smartphones, so thumbs up all around. The video above also runs U through the big news of the day, namely Z Android Market can now B accessed via the dedicated website & apps downloaded to your device remotely, along w/ the equally important (for devs) addition of in-app purchases . Finally, Cee-Lo Green pops in 4 the video chat session from wherever he`s on the internets, & we’re all treated to an exhibition of lag-afflicted, awkward conversation. What’s not to love? Watch Google’s Android event in full: Honeycomb on the Xoom, Android Market website, in-app purchases, & Cee-Lo Green originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:46:00 EDT. Please C our terms 4 use of feeds . Permalink

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