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Samsung Amps Up Its Multi-Window Android Upgrade

Posted by timothy on from the like-ms-windows-eh? dept.

DeviceGuru writes "New multiwindow, multitasking features in Samsung's recent Jellybean update to the Galaxy Note 10.1 have pushed the user interface of Android tablets into new territory, adding MS Windows-like capabilities that are sure to delight many users — and aggravate others. Although some observers have warned of the dangers of forking Android, Samsung's efforts to extend Android and its ecosystem can be defended as being consistent with Google's master plan for the Android system, most of which is released under ASLv2. And remember: unlike Apple, Android device makers, and the wireless carriers who offer Android smartphones to their customers, need ways to differentiate their products."

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  1. Oh, good. by Fallingcow · · Score: 4, Informative

    Awesome. More shit that can cause your app work on one Android tablet and not on another. Because there wasn't enough of that already.

  2. History rewrite time.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You've got to love how having multi-window capability is being "MS Windows-like", according to the submitter. I guess we have a bit of computer history to rewrite again...