Android 3.0 (Code Name: Honeycomb) is a Google's Android Operating System for Tablet PCs. It has variety of new features for users and application developers. Other then all the new features and APIs, Android 3.0 is an important platform release because it brings the extensive set of APIs and Holographic themes for Tablet screens.
The system image included in the downloadable SDK platform provides 57 built-in locales.
Built-in Applications
The system image included in the downloadable platform provides these built-in applications:
- API Demos
- Browser
- Calculator
- Camera
- Clock
- Contacts
- Custom Locale
- Dev Tools
- Downloads
- Email
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- Gallery
- Gestures Builder
- Messaging
- Music
- Search
- Settings
- Spare Parts
- Speech Recorder
- Widget Preview
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New platform technologies
- Storage
- ext4 file system support to enable onboard eMMC storage.
- FUSE file system to support MTP devices.
- USB host mode support to support keyboards and USB hubs.
- Support for MTP/PTP
- Linux Kernel
- Dalvik VM
- New code to support and optimize for SMP
- Various improvements to the JIT infrastructure
- Garbage collector improvements:
- Tuned for SMP
- Support for larger heap sizes
- Unified handling for bitmaps and byte buffers
- Dalvik Core Libraries
- New, much faster implementation of NIO (modern I/O library)
- Improved exception messages
- Correctness and performance fixes throughout
Emulator Skins
The downloadable platform includes the following emulator skin:
- WXGA (1280x800, medium density, xlarge screen)
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