Geek Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/android-3-screenshot.jpg" alt="android 3 screenshot" title="android 3 screenshot" width="610" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11571" /></p> <p>Android 3.0 Honeycomb is Google’s upcoming version of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/android/">Android</a> for tablet devices, aimed to compete directly with Apple’s <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a>. </p> <p>This trailer video shows off the Android 3.0 lockscreen, parts of the main ‘desktop’ interface, a virtual desktop-like GUI, gestures, books, gmail, YouTube, Google Talk and video chat, 3D Google Maps, and more. I think the UI actually looks pretty nice, although it’s obviously a huge departure from Android on a smartphone let alone iOS on an iPad. </p> <p>Here’s the video below: <span id="more-11570"></span> <object width="600" height="362"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-80QD5Zjyc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-80QD5Zjyc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="362"></embed></object></p> <p>It’s hard to form an opinion from just a demo video, but the interface and what it’s capable of looks a lot more complex than what Apple currently has with iOS. Whether complexity on a tablet is a good or bad thing remains to be seen.</p> <p>If you want to get your hands on existing versions of Android, you can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/14/run-android-using-a-virtual-machine-on-a-mac-or-windows-pc/">run Android in a virtual machine</a> using an Android 1.7 image and VirtualBox, they’re both free downloads. If you’re extra gutsy, you can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/15/dual-boot-android-os-and-ios-on-iphone-3g-and-iphone-2g/">dual boot Android and iOS on an iPhone 3G</a> but it does require a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreak</a> to work.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lMTKvDdMfv6RZt31qDw3eOkiN-w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lMTKvDdMfv6RZt31qDw3eOkiN-w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lMTKvDdMfv6RZt31qDw3eOkiN-w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lMTKvDdMfv6RZt31qDw3eOkiN-w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=U9PGj0Zj7Is:zyvumVuXpRU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=U9PGj0Zj7Is:zyvumVuXpRU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=U9PGj0Zj7Is:zyvumVuXpRU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=U9PGj0Zj7Is:zyvumVuXpRU:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=U9PGj0Zj7Is:zyvumVuXpRU:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=U9PGj0Zj7Is:zyvumVuXpRU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=U9PGj0Zj7Is:zyvumVuXpRU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/U9PGj0Zj7Is" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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