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We wrap up the news from Google I/O and more.
Show Notes
- Platform News
- Amazon working on family of tablets?
- Google News for Mobile now offers News Near You feature
- Google partners with studios for Youtube Movies, will offer through Android market
- Ice Cream Sandwich, which may or may not be 3.1 will offer face recognition
- Android 3.1 New Features
- FLAC support
- Expanding resizable widgets
- USB host support
- Google TV support
- Google I/O News
- Open Android Alliance with the goal of supplying provider updates for 18 months after release of hardware
- Android compatible low-cost lightbulbs
- Android @home: APIs for home automation
- Open Accessory API for USB and bluetooth devices
- Google Music launches by invite only. Google Music app 3.0 released
- Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) Applications can now receive notifications when external cameras are attached and removed, manage files and storage on those devices, and transfer files and metadata to and from them.
- Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) API for audio. Developers can directly manage on-demand or interactive data streaming to enable VOIP, push-to-talk, conferencing, and audio streaming.
- Provider Press
- T-Mobile to offer unlimited wi-fi calling without using minutes. Other carriers wonder why wi-fi calling is not offered at all.
- Market Watch
- Android Market adding paid app support for 99 additional countries, bringing total list to 131
- App News
- Nook App updated with magazine support (Market Link)
- Netflix App released, only for certain devices. Additional hacks to get Droid X, 2, and Droid working if rooted and running Gingerbread.
- Flash updated to 10.3, bug fixes
- Mog Mobile Music for Android updated. (Market Link)
- OfficeDrop offers app for users to take pictures of documents and upload them for cloud-based access/OCR. Requires subscription service.
- Bluefire Reader coming to Android in June, popular ePub/PDF on iPad
- AnimeWatch for Android(requires flash) available. Catch up on your favorite English-subtitled shows
- TripIt App updated, now supports creating, editing, or delete trips and plans, new widgets. (Market Link)
- Yahoo Fantasy Baseball app offered for Android. (Market Link)
- Expedia Hotels for Android released. Search and book hotels from your phone. (Market Link)
- WebMD for Android released. (Market Link)
- Adobe PDF Creator, offers PDF creation for $9.99. Cheaper than many alternatives (Market Link)
- Zipcar App now in Market. (Market Link)
- Quickoffice Pro was only $2.99 in Amazon App Store for a limited time, now $4.99. Still less than $9.99 in the Android Market
- Google Goggles updated, now recognizes business cards and will import contacts. (Market Link)
- WatchESPN App now offered, restricted to certain cable providers. (Market Link)
- Al Jazeera app now available. (Market Link)
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