Google shows off Android 3.0, the 'Entirely for Tablet' Honeycomb (video)

Re:Google shows off Android 3.0, the 'Entirely for Tablet' H... by oneplusone on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @05:20PM (#2072771)

Man, functionality aside since I haven't used it, it is not very impressive. I would describe it as ugly as sin. It looks like the graphics were all thrown together in an afternoon. I hope it is placeholder.

- They replaced the nice soft gray/blue Chrome UI with a harsh gray one.

-The keyboard buttons are flat and lifeless.

-Arrows for selecting text has no depth and high contrast border.

-The page turning looks like something from the 90s

-The Youtube videos pop in from the left

This has really set my expectations low for what was suppose to be a significant UI upgrade. As a designer this makes me cringe.

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Re:Google shows off Android 3.0, the 'Entirely for Tablet' H... by kenjackson on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @05:52PM (#2072922)

Really? I'm no Android fan, and I expected it to be impressive (Honeycomb that is) -- this meets expectations.

Everyone around me is buzzing about this. iPad2 had better come strong (Apple usually does, but Android is moving so fast!).

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Re:Google shows off Android 3.0, the 'Entirely for Tablet' H... by Xuzz on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @08:22PM (#2073428)

You can't argue with the page turning, though. I have no idea how the Google engineers turn a page, since it's nothing like anyone else does it (or iBooks, for that matter).

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Re:Google shows off Android 3.0, the 'Entirely for Tablet' H... by rimantas on Thursday January 06, 2011 @05:42AM (#2074832)

How representative are those around you of the general population?

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