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Details of Android 3.0, SIP, Video Chat

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-are-the-robots dept.

dkd903 was one of several folks to note that a bunch of details about Google's Android 3.0 are beginning to leak out. The platform is codenamed Gingerbread; it includes video chat to compete with the iPhone, and a graphical overhaul to try to make it look a bit better compared to its rivals.

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  1. Re:Sense (or Sense inspired) all the way by catbutt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Aside from the end user experience, as an Android developer (in the process of porting iphone apps) I can tell you that android sure makes it difficult to do the slick effects that on iPhone are practically free. For instance, the transitional animations that make the iPhone seem so slick are a nightmare to accomplish on Android. I hope they do a lot of work in this area.

  2. Re:We already have video chat by Superken7 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Speaking of effortless nice Android UIs:

    In an effort to make creating a nice Android UI less painful I started this small project called Android Theme Samples.

    Its just like the Android Samples, where many examples are combined into a single downloadable app so you can browse it, try it and get those parts that better fit your own app.

    Its up in github for anyone to take and contribute: http://github.com/pllopis/AndroidThemeSamples

    I just got started and only a "light" theme and an "Action Bar" UI pattern are included. (Mind the design, I am not a designer).
    Would be really great if others contributed their own design :)

  3. This irks me by stimpleton · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have a Samsung Galaxy S (Epic, Fascinate in some markets) which it a top of the range phone. It has broken GPS (like most every other Galaxy S owner) and no official Samsung Android Froyo 2.2 update is forthcoming, and 3.0 is leaking?

    I feel aggrieved to be honest. I suspect this isnt a software problem and it may be hardware now.

    I was visiting another town the other day, and collegues from another org, were giving me gip as they all had IPhones and merrily pointed out locations, as mine couldnt get a lock at all. "Well, you have your Live Wallpaper. I guess thats something."

    If you like a bit of corporate show boating I would advise against a Samsung Galaxy S.

    --

    In post Patriot Act America, the library books scan you.
  4. Re:Sense (or Sense inspired) all the way by Fast+Thick+Pants · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ah, fond memories of ECHO ATDP 63489 > COM1...

    (Greybeard three-fer: Dialing from the MS-DOS command prompt, pulse dialing no less, and, God as my witness, I actually used to be able to dial my uncle by using only five digits.)

    (Holy crap, I just remembered that my first modem was an acoustic coupler job that couldn't even dial, and I used to hand-dial into the BBS using a rotary phone. And for kicks I practiced pulse dialing by rapidly clicking the receiver button. I guess it's about time I got a lawn...)