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First Sight of Google Android

Posted by kdawson on from the it's-little-it's-lovely-it-lights dept.

CorinneI writes "At the Mobile World Congress show, four mobile processor vendors demoed pre-production devices running versions of Google's Android OS — a Linux-based, open operating system for mobile phones that will sport Google applications. The biggest surprise of the demos was how well Android runs on slow devices. 'TI showed Android on a Motorola Q-like QWERTY handheld with its 200 Mhz OMAP 850 platform, where the user interface felt smooth and fast, even with little Apple-like animated transitions between screens.' HTC, Motorola, LG, and Samsung all belong to Google's Open Handset Alliance"

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  1. Not surprising by erick99 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "The biggest surprise of the demos was how well Android runs on slow devices. TI showed Android on a Motorola Q-like QWERTY handheld with their 200 Mhz OMAP 850 platform, where the user interface felt smooth and fast, even with little Apple-like animated transitions between screens."


    I don't know why that would be so surprising. Google has quite a bevy of talented people at all levels. All products that come out of Google seem to have something to do with advertising and Android will be just such a vehicle for them. It's how most everything in cyberspace gets funded. You get something for free (a video, a song, a game) and an advertiser pays.

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    1. Re:Not surprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm guessing the ascii version of google earth wouldn't wow people much.

      You are here ---> .

      Your destination is here ---> .

  2. Re:People Excited After The iPhone Marketplace Dud by BobMcD · · Score: 5, Funny

    you probably live in a cabin in the Ozarks Hey! I in fact AM from the Ozarks, you insensitive clod!

    I'm also stoked that I FINALLY got to use one of those phrases!
  3. 200MHz is slow? by bigdanmoody · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since when was 200MHz slow? My old Visor Edge has a 16MHz processor and it feels quite peppy. It does everything I would expect a smartphone to do (other than the fact that it can't make phone calls), and it's easy to use. Have we gotten so used to bloat and poorly optimized code that a 200MHz processor in a phone seems slow? It's a *phone* for Pete's sake.