May 20, 2010 - Comments Off on Live blogging Google I/O: Keynote day two
Live blogging Google I/O: Keynote day two
Vic Gundotra
Opens with an anecdote of how he got involved with Android at Google.
In 18 months, 60 compatible devices. Q408 to Q210.
21 OEMs, 48 countries, 59 carriers.
A review of the accomplishments/adoption numbers of Android.
50,000 applications in the Android marketplace.
5x growth in mobile search '08-'10 (all phones)
Android 2.2 Froyo announced. JiT compiler. 2x-5x speed up in applications.
Microsoft Exchange friendly:
* auto-discovery
* security policies
* GAL lookup
New SDK features:
Application Data Backup API
Cloud-to-device messaging API (this is impressive)
** From desktop, driving directions sent to phone. Phone picks up message not as text, but as "intent," immediately launches navigation application.
Tethering & portable hotspot
The Froyo browser has a 2x-3x increase in JS performance. Doing laps around Eclair and the iPad.
Amazing voice recognition capabilities! Voice input will be a first-class means of interacting with Android.
Android will support Flash and AIR. Digs at Apple.
Improvements to marketplace:
* Easier to search/find apps
* Search inside apps
* Move to SD cards
* Allow automatic updating
Application error reports: on crash user can send error report to the application developer.
Developers can see the entire stack-trace of what happened.
Can search the marketplace via the PC. If logged in and purchase an app, app will be sent to device instead of having to tether and sync device with PC.
Published by: jeffreybarke in The Programming Mechanism
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