<html><head></head><body>Isn't that 3.1?<br>
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Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">B B <billy20771@gmail.com> 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">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 <b.j.smith@ieee.org><br />> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 22:46:02 -0700 (PDT)<br />> Subject: Re: [CALUG] Android versions<br />> To: Rajiv Gunja <opn.src.rocks@gmail.com>, "waltechmail@yahoo.com"<br />> <waltechmail@yahoo.com><br />> Cc: "calug@unknownlamer.org" <calug@unknownlamer.org><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 <opn.src.rocks@gmail.com><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">http://ossrocks.blogspot.com</a><br />><br />><br />><br />> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 17:33, Walt Smith <waltechmail@yahoo.com> 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 />>><br />>><hr /><br />>>CALUG mailing list<br />>>CALUG@unknownlamer.org<br />>><a
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