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Google Honeycomb Video Suggests a Tablet-Only, Redesigned Android OS

by Thomas Houston on January 5, 2011 at 06:21 PM

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With all the talk of Android tablets running the as-of-yet unreleased Honeycomb OS at CES, we figured some details would leak out during the week. A video from the androiddevelopers YouTube account, though, is giving us a much deeper look into Google's new tablet OS. Yes, Honeycomb will be built "Entirely for Tablet," according to the video, and looks radically different from the Froyo or Eclair that you probably have on your phone.

Taking advantage of the larger screen, Honeycomb supports multiple widgets on each page of the homescreen, full tabbed browsing, a two page side-by-side eBooks reading experience, a gorgeous two-paned Gmail app, and a fully redesigned YouTube app. Google Talk also gets the two-paned tablet treatment with what looks like full-screen video chat. Check out the full video after the break.

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