Google just announced that the Android SDK now supports Android 2.0 'Eclair'! We've seen Android 2.0 in screenshots from the Droid but Google is only officially introducing the 'Eclair' build of Android now. In 2.0, Android users will be able to use new features such as:
- Multiple accounts can be added to Android for contact and email sync (devs can create sync adapters that provide sync with additional data sources)
- Quick Contact gives quick access to actions (call, SMS, email, maps, etc) for your Contacts (accessible in Contacts, Email, Messaging, and Calendar)
- Unified email inbox to support multiple accounts on one page
- Exchange support
- Search through all SMS/MMS messages
- Android keyboard is improved
- Refreshed UI with actionable browser URL bar enables users to directly tap the address bar for instant searches and navigation. Browser can also double-tap to zoom and there's support for HTML5
- expanded Camera offerings: Built-in flash support, Digital zoom, Scene mode, White balance, Color effect, and Macro focus
- Improved Calendar
Combine those improvements with what came in Android 1.6 and the all around tweaks and performance enhancements that come with new releases and it looks like Android 2.0 'Eclair' is going to be a winner. Now that the 2.0 SDK is out of the bag, how about officially releasing it for the rest of us Android users, Google?
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Cool now my Sprint hero that was released 3 weeks ago is only 2 major revisions behind!
I found something interesting here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.0.html#api
"MotionEvent can now report simultaneous-touch information for devices that support it. Up to three pointers can be tracked simultaneously."
Which, I guess this means...
multitouch? :D
wow this is cute, so they call droid's mascot as "eclair" now. Oh well I guess iPhone will hate this one especially when they are ridiculing Droid now using an R2D2 bot on their "iDont Care Commercial"
So who's side are you? see the detailed video of
THE ANTI-DROIDDOES COMMERCIAL
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