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Android with Street View, Quake, and Webkit!
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Posted by: CA

Google Street view, Quake, 3G(talk and data at the same time), and a Webkit browser on a phone! And oh yea theres a video!

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While Apple might have your attention at the moment with that impending SDK, the Android OS seems to be coming along quite nicely over at Google and the Open Handset Alliance. BBC's Darren Waters got to peek "under the bonnet" with Andy Rubin himself, and has video to prove it. The OS was running on an unknown 3G touchscreen prototype, which also had a track ball at the bottom. The interface has come a long way since we saw it first, and browsing the web looks snappy and intuitive. Andy also showed off a version of Street View -- complete with smooth panning and zooming, of course -- and the fan-favorite Quake demo. Not bad at all for a 300MHz-ish processor, and while Android is still in "Alpha" stage, it's already got a lot of good things going for it. Video is after the break.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/...th-street-view/

Posted by: FL1134

I still want to see open aGPS, not gpsOne.

Posted by: dzzone

Cant wait till it comes out.

Posted by: CA

Did anyone notice it said talk and data at the same time? Doesn't that mean HSDPA?

Posted by: bachviet

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Originally Posted by Sonix

Did anyone notice it said talk and data at the same time? Doesn't that mean HSDPA?

It means it has at least 3G (UMTS).

Posted by: RogerPodacter

the guy in the video first statement was "this is a 3G phone capable of simultaneous voice and data." i guess this narrows it down to ATT 3G, right? since cdma cannot do both at same time. man this thing looks really awesome. and the fact that it will be so customizable, compared to symbian (i.e. active standby has no plugins still??) makes me really wonder if i will abandon s60 ship.

Posted by: FL1134

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Originally Posted by RogerPodacter

the guy in the video first statement was "this is a 3G phone capable of simultaneous voice and data." i guess this narrows it down to ATT 3G, right? since cdma cannot do both at same time. man this thing looks really awesome. and the fact that it will be so customizable, compared to symbian (i.e. active standby has no plugins still??) makes me really wonder if i will abandon s60 ship.

Being GSM first is a given.

With Nokia buying Trolltech (another linux software stack), Nokia may leave s60 before you.

Posted by: CA

Come on guy's that was a UK site, don't be discounting cherry-picked WIMAX(via Sprint & Clearwire) in the US!