Android 3.0 aka ‘Honeycomb’ Makes a Surprise Appearance on Prototype Motorola Tablet [Android]

Google is showing off an early build of their Android 3.0 software, which appears to be heavily optimized for tablets (including the Motorola prototype it’s running on) and has been given a cloudy release window of ” next year.”

According to Engadget, Android head Andy Rubin unveiled this all during his talk at All Things D’s Dive Into Mobile conference, where he demoed the recent software and hardware. The desktop appears to be redesigned with the extra screen space in mind, together with the recent app grid and updated Gmail app (which appears like the iPad-optimized version of Gmail.

Apparently the tablet Honeycomb is running on features no buttons, which would make sense, since there seem to be on-screen elements to launch search and apps inside the image above. TechCrunch also mentions that you just’ll be capable of ” fragment” apps, and widgetize them on the desktop, that could be a potentially interesting feature.

Details on the most recent OS are still pretty vague, but we’ll update as we get more info. [ Engadget ]

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