Monday, February 7, 2011
Honeycomb for phones: Google points to Android Ice Cream
After Google showcased Honeycomb at the CES 2011, the question in everyone's mind was will Honeycomb, Google's tablet-only operating system, come to the mobile phones or be confined to the tablets? However there is not yet a clear answer to the question except the fact that it has been learnt that Google has started creating a new smartphone build called the GRI17, codenamed Ice Cream.
A source from Google has narrated to Phandroid that it has indeed started work on GRI17 that will bring in some Honeycomb flavors to the phones in future. However the features that will be seen in the phones is not known yet.
Also the release of the new version of Android does not seem to be happening very soon. This is in keeping with Google's decision to give developers, OEMs, and users, time between versions of Android, to understand and explore the platforms properly.
If the features of the Honeycomb is anything to go by, then may we say that the smartphones laden with the future Android version will be a dream to use. Right now, however, the focus will be on Gingerbread loaded phones, many of which will be showcased in the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
A source from Google has narrated to Phandroid that it has indeed started work on GRI17 that will bring in some Honeycomb flavors to the phones in future. However the features that will be seen in the phones is not known yet.
Also the release of the new version of Android does not seem to be happening very soon. This is in keeping with Google's decision to give developers, OEMs, and users, time between versions of Android, to understand and explore the platforms properly.
If the features of the Honeycomb is anything to go by, then may we say that the smartphones laden with the future Android version will be a dream to use. Right now, however, the focus will be on Gingerbread loaded phones, many of which will be showcased in the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
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