<font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Actually, 3.2 is already out on many tablets, viz Acer and Archos. (Samsung should be testing it with their touchwiz interface).</font></font><div><font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></div><div><font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I think 3.x builds for Phones are from XDA and not really Google. (Since they made a big fuss and how all the media reacted saying that it is not a true Open Source OS).</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">4.x is supposed to be for both phones and tablets. Its release has been pushed to Oct 27th. But not sure if they are going to stick with that date.</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">It will be interesting to see what tablet features have made it to phone.</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font color="#3333ff"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">-GGR</font></font><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
--</span><br style="color:rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Rajiv G Gunja</span><br style="color:rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Blog: <a href="http://ossrocks.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://ossrocks.blogspot.com</a></span><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 19:16, Bryan J Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org">b.j.smith@ieee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div>Nevermind. They just bumped the version.<br>
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There have been 3.1 builds on phones, but none released. Seems they decided to fork the builds.<br>
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This must have been very recent, given the 3.1 pre-release builds.<div class="im"><br>
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Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">B B <<a href="mailto:billy20771@gmail.com" target="_blank">billy20771@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;font-family:sans-serif"><div><div></div><div class="h5">3.x IS tablet only.<br><br>4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) is the one that will be on both phones and tablets<br><br>
<br>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>> From: Bryan J Smith <<a href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org" target="_blank">b.j.smith@ieee.org</a>><br>> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 22:46:02 -0700 (PDT)<br>> Subject: Re: [CALUG] Android versions<br>
> To: Rajiv Gunja <<a href="mailto:opn.src.rocks@gmail.com" target="_blank">opn.src.rocks@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:waltechmail@yahoo.com" target="_blank">waltechmail@yahoo.com</a>"<br>> <<a href="mailto:waltechmail@yahoo.com" target="_blank">waltechmail@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> Cc: "<a href="mailto:calug@unknownlamer.org" target="_blank">calug@unknownlamer.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:calug@unknownlamer.org" target="_blank">calug@unknownlamer.org</a>><br>><br>> There will be Android 3.x Smartphones. The early SDKs and foci were<br>
> on Tablets, because 2.x was not really designed well for tablets and<br>> larger screens. But 3.x is definitely not a tablet-only series.<br>> Google is also asserting a heafty number of hardware and other<br>
> requirements for Smartphones running 3.x, to guarantee minimum<br>> experience levels. Such was not the case in 2.x.<br>><br>><hr><br>> From: Rajiv Gunja <<a href="mailto:opn.src.rocks@gmail.com" target="_blank">opn.src.rocks@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2011 11:06 PM<br>><br>><br>> Android 2.x was released to all phone manufacturers as open source and<br>> many companies started putting that OS on tablets, which it was not<br>> meant for. This created a bad representation of Android against Apple,<br>
> as it was looked upon as immature and some even went to say that<br>> Android was insecure.<br>><br>> So Google, released Honeycomb, 3.x which was designed only for tablets<br>> and made sure that applications which would not work on tablets namely<br>
> large screens, could not be installed on that OS.<br>><br>> The difference between the OS is the interface and how the OS is used,<br>> namely the status bar, task list, setup control, etc.<br>><br>> If you are planning to buy a
tablet, I would suggest go with 3.x, as<br>> it is designed for a tablet.<br>><br>> I have a samsung galaxy tab 10.1 and it runs 3.1. Acer and other<br>> manufacturers have already moved on to 3.2.<br>> If you are looking at Archos, wait for the 8.9" to come out before you<br>
> invest in the 10.1" (G9)<br>> Archos is way cheaper than Samsung, but they also have an option of<br>> buying a tablet with 250 GB SSD.<br>><br>> -GGR<br>> --<br>> Rajiv G Gunja<br>> Blog: <a href="http://ossrocks.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://ossrocks.blogspot.com</a><br>
><br>><br>><br>> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 17:33, Walt Smith <<a href="mailto:waltechmail@yahoo.com" target="_blank">waltechmail@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>>><br>>>HI,<br>>><br>
>>Just wondering if anyone was familiar with the<br>>>Android market ... specifically the version usage.<br>>>This is strictly a curiosity Q.<br>>><br>>>I've seen
advertisements from some of the more inexpensive<br>>>"pad"/small tablet makers that look like new products<br>>>at low prices. Many seemingly new advertise Android say, 2.2<br>>>vs a 3.1 thats reaching the market.<br>
>><br>>>Are makers actually introducing new product with a much "older"<br>>>Android version ? If so, why? And what is the difference between<br>>>Android 2.x and 3.x, other than ( speculating ) "newer" hardware ?<br>
>><br>>>I would assume there is also better software functionality, but why<br>>>aren't the cheaper tablets/pads using later SW?<br>>><br>>>thx,<br>>><br>>>Walt.....<br>>>Celebrating over 14,000 emails in my Yahoo Inbox !<br>
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