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Google Shows Off Android 'Honeycomb' Tablet

22 points by adeelarshad82 16y ago

x0ner 16y ago
Did anyone else watch that interview and wonder what was up with Kara and Walt? I have seen a few interviews from them and they always seem to fire off questions to instigate who they are talking to. This time around everything was compared to Apple or them finding a way to cut off Rubin from presenting. I am all for the grilling of these tech folk, but I think there is a time and a place for it.
- deleted 16y ago
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- nate 16y ago
  ho-hum http://common3.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/24/0,1425,i=241666&sz=1,00.jpg http://common3.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/24/0,142... :)
- rimantas 16y ago
  However you look at it, that split screen does remind iOS' UISplitViewController and universal binaries do exist for iPhone and iPad. The question about supreme commander was indeed pointless.
  - x0ner 16y ago
    I won't argue against that, but she just seemed to act like a child. I wanted to smack her hand when she was reaching for the thing. Walt was a bit more reserved, but that could only be because he wasn't within reaching distance.
zephyrfalcon 16y ago
Just looking at the title, I was (almost) wondering if it would be honeycomb-shaped... but apparently not. A hexagonal device would have been interesting though. Who says a tablet has to be rectangular anyway? :)
- hcho 16y ago
  Layouts, windowing systems, graphic libraries....They almost always assume that screen devices are rectangular.
  - wladimir 16y ago
    I've did a bit of experimentation with hexagonal layouts in the past, just for fun (hexagonal grids have some useful properties). But is has some problems that make it very unconvenient to use: for example, you can't subdivide a hexagon into smaller hexagons. This makes for really wasteful layouts :)
spoiledtechie 16y ago
I remember Google saying they thought everything was moving to the web. Even our operating systems of a computer. These moves that Google are making are not in line with what has been said.
- cryptoz 16y ago
  Google is announcing an OS today that is based on the user being on the web all the time. Chrome OS announcement is happening right now (10:30am Pacific). Tune in: http://www.youtube.com/googlechrome http://www.youtube.com/googlechrome
enjo 16y ago
Video here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/motorola-android-tablet-prototype-makes-a-cameo-at-d-dive-into/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/motorola-android-tablet-p...

22 points by adeelarshad82 16y ago

x0ner 16y ago

Did anyone else watch that interview and wonder what was up with Kara and Walt? I have seen a few interviews from them and they always seem to fire off questions to instigate who they are talking to. This time around everything was compared to Apple or them finding a way to cut off Rubin from presenting. I am all for the grilling of these tech folk, but I think there is a time and a place for it.

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nate 16y ago
ho-hum http://common3.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/24/0,1425,i=241666&sz=1,00.jpg http://common3.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/24/0,142... :)
rimantas 16y ago
However you look at it, that split screen does remind iOS' UISplitViewController and universal binaries do exist for iPhone and iPad. The question about supreme commander was indeed pointless.
- x0ner 16y ago
  I won't argue against that, but she just seemed to act like a child. I wanted to smack her hand when she was reaching for the thing. Walt was a bit more reserved, but that could only be because he wasn't within reaching distance.

zephyrfalcon 16y ago

Just looking at the title, I was (almost) wondering if it would be honeycomb-shaped... but apparently not. A hexagonal device would have been interesting though. Who says a tablet has to be rectangular anyway? :)

hcho 16y ago
Layouts, windowing systems, graphic libraries....They almost always assume that screen devices are rectangular.
- wladimir 16y ago
  I've did a bit of experimentation with hexagonal layouts in the past, just for fun (hexagonal grids have some useful properties). But is has some problems that make it very unconvenient to use: for example, you can't subdivide a hexagon into smaller hexagons. This makes for really wasteful layouts :)

spoiledtechie 16y ago

I remember Google saying they thought everything was moving to the web. Even our operating systems of a computer. These moves that Google are making are not in line with what has been said.

cryptoz 16y ago
Google is announcing an OS today that is based on the user being on the web all the time. Chrome OS announcement is happening right now (10:30am Pacific). Tune in: http://www.youtube.com/googlechrome http://www.youtube.com/googlechrome

enjo 16y ago

Video here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/motorola-android-tablet-prototype-makes-a-cameo-at-d-dive-into/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/motorola-android-tablet-p...