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Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 2:10PM on Engadget

Android would, of course! Android would be so much better if it just included Android. Then you could run Android on Android on your phone.

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 2:09PM on Engadget

But it does support multitouch. From the release notes:

MotionEvent can now report simultaneous-touch information for devices that support it. Up to three pointers can be tracked simultaneously.

So far, I think most of the devices released support simultaneous touch. So maybe Steel or another browser will give you pinch zoom.

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 2:06PM on Engadget

It's not Sprint. It's that snappy Sense UI by HTC you're running.

IMO, HTC hasn't made Sense UI compatible with 1.6 because they're going for a direct jump from 1.5 to 2.0. That's my opinion, totally unfounded.

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 2:02PM on Engadget

That is dependent on HTC making their Sense UI 2.0 compatible. This is why you haven't seen a 1.6 upgrade yet. It's not Google. It's not Sprint or whatever carrier. It's HTC. They haven't made Sense 1.6 compatible. Maybe they're just going to go from 1.5 to 2.0. Only HTC would know...

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 2:00PM on Engadget

That actually is dependent on HTC making their Sense UI 2.0 compatible. This is why you haven't seen a 1.6 upgrade yet. It's not Google. It's not Sprint or whatever carrier. It's HTC. They haven't made Sense 1.6 compatible. Maybe they're just going to go from 1.5 to 2.0. Only HTC would know.

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 1:59PM on Engadget

We've had 1.6 in the US for almost a month on G1 and MT3G phones. :)

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 1:55PM on Engadget

Yeah, but the wording is just vague enough to plant that seed of doubt. Maybe if they said it's "...designed to support devices that use virtual keys..." "Run on" makes it sound exclusive to those devices.

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 1:52PM on Engadget

And, in the release notes,

MotionEvent can now report simultaneous-touch information for devices that support it. Up to three pointers can be tracked simultaneously.

This includes support for multitouch on virtual keyboards, which would help me eliminate all those errors, should they push this out to legacy devices. That's multi-touch people. Now you won't sound like a gimp when playing tub thumper.

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 1:48PM on Engadget

Nope.

Android 2.0 support officially added to SDK

Oct 27th 2009 1:47PM on Engadget

Looking through the release notes, I saw this:

"Android 2.0 is designed to run on devices that use virtual keys for HOME, MENU, BACK, and SEARCH, rather than physical keys."

Now, does this mean no legacy support for G1 or MT3G? If so, I know about a million or so people who are going to be pissed.... (myself included)

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

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