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Today's Google I/O keynote focused on the Android platform. Any doubts about where Google is investing most of its developer resources have now been dispelled. The first half of the keynote was dedicated to the Android Marketplace and smartphone platform, and boy are we in for some exciting changes when Android 2.2 (Froyo) becomes available later this month. This post focuses on how version 2.2 will impact the consumer, the end-user. Another post will follow with more technical details on the juicy innards of Android 2.2 and its super-charged HTML5 Web browser.
First up, as Jay reported earlier: music syncing is coming to your Android device. This isn't some kind of pussy-whipped eunuch of a synchronizing tool either: it's fully-fledged, in-the-cloud Internet-based synchronizing! The keynote speaker was at pains to point out how obvious sync-over-the-'Net is. Why should you have to plug in your device to sync it?
The syncing doesn't stop at music though! Rather, music is becoming part of the Android Marketplace -- your apps will also exist in the cloud. Select an app, pay for it (or not), and BOOM -- it's now on your phone. Or on your Google TV as the case may be! No silly conversion or repackaging or tethering is required. Remember, you can do all of this on your phone or your PC -- the Android Marketplace is just a website! The Marketplace will keep track of your linked Android devices: you just choose which one to send the app or song to!
Google I/O day 2 round-up: Android 2.2 (Froyo) details, massive Android Marketplace changes... and Google TV! originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 20 May 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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