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The new version of Android for smartphones, the Ice Cream Sandwich, has a simple reason for existence: to stop the dozens (ok, nine) different versions of Android on many devices. Yes, fragmentation. And how is not just for phones, the update is "more ambitious" Google so far.
Last week, along with the launch of the Nexus S, Google unveiled the long awaited Android 2.3 (which is the operating system that are already installed in this smartphone from Samsung). But that Android 2.3, also called Gingerbread, are different from the previous version?
The changes start on the home screen, which now generates a slightly different experience. What is more elegant, replacing the traditional gray taskbar by a solid black, highlighting the green icons at the top. I particularly liked the gray.
Google has just revealed the new Maps 5.0 app for Android to be released soon. What's new in it? Well, it renders 3D buildings, loads faster, works offline and rotate the map automatically, according to the compass of the cell.
The Nexus S can even be a great phone on the hardware , but what really made us excited was the arrival of Android 2.3, Gingerbread.
In February 2010, the site Read Write Web Brazil has revised some programming tools with an emphasis on ease of use, based on a visual paradigm. Among the tools, we highlight the Scratch , developed by MIT. At the time we highlight how these tools are important, both to attract new developers to the labor market, but also to allow a new approach to application development, visual and interactive.
Created by Google, Android is the operating system for mobile devices that has been growing over the market. In the course, students will be able to develop applications for mobile phones that use Android, and integrate the services offered by Google, such as Maps. Applications can be developed to utilize all available resources in the hardware of modern phones, such as digital camera, accelerometer, and manipulating audio and video motion detection.
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Reckless Racing ($ 3): This racing game just did not get released in time for the battle of our apps racing games, but definitely would be well positioned. Although the viewing angle is not the traditional behind the car, the graphics are good animals and the game is addictive. Just watch the trailer for wanting to play. Oh, and for iPhone too.
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The launch of iOS4 operating systems, responsible for maintaining the 4 running iPhone, and Android 2.2, available in various devices, opens a new chapter in the history of the most beloved smartphone market. Both systems rely on a multitude of extensions for fun and information for users, which raises a question: when it comes to enterprise application, which one is most beneficial?
In addition to launching Android and more a lost prototype of Apple, this time we are celebrating five years of YouTube, the new client version of Hotmail e-mails, a demonstration of a classic operating system running on the smartphone and even Nexus even a toy blimp is controlled by an iPad.
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Five years of YouTube
Google announced on Thursday during the event for developers Google I / O in San Francisco, California, a new version of Android operating system. Codenamed Froyo Android 2.2 brings a number of improvements, both performance and usability, and new features for better integration with the cloud.
The presentation was made by Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering at Google, and full of "pins" in Apple: several of the demonstrations involved comparing a smartphone with Google Nexus One Froyo against an iPad with Apple's device invariably losing . Additionally, Vic was keen to stress the compatibility of the new system with Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe Air, saying "Be open and accepting to work with others. Say it is not easy, "in clear reference to Apple's refusal to adopt Apple products the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
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