Honeycomb SDK "preview" released

[tcrews]

Honeycomb SDK is out in "preview" form but still out.

Android Developers Blog: Android 3.0 Platform Preview and Updated SDK Tools

and booted in the emulator

 

[tcrews]

Settings....
(the emulator is loading the device this way...landscape with non-rotated images)

 

[tcrews]

Long press on screen....widgets, shortcuts, wallpaper, etc...

Very cool....shows the 5 screens, you drag a widget or app to the screen you want it on...

adb installed Dropbox to the emulator image running, was able to then install the SnkWallpapers app I have in my SnkBitten Rom (app was from cyanogenmod source and edited...credit given in ROM).

 

[Hugh Jass]

Now that is slick, it looks like a custom rom more less plain android. :icon_eek: Saweeet.

 

[jroc]

Honeycomb looks very nice. Very nice.

 

[kodiak799]

honeycomb is just for tablets, correct? Or will we see a rom for the D1 at some point?

 

[dbuglio]

Getting a crimp in my neck, anyway to rotate this?

 

[tcrews]

Yes...turn off automatic rotation in settings and then switch the emulator by pressing ctrl + f11 on your PCs keyboard.....

Getting a crimp in my neck, anyway to rotate this?

Sent from my Viewsonic 10" GTab...

 

[jstafford1]

Love the new clock font and notification style!! I hope someone can port this to the D1 when it is released!!!!

 

[DF Smod]

Here is a very thorough blog post/write up on Honeycomb by atla - android 3.0 the wait is over

 

[DF Smod]

[video=youtube;hPUGNCIozp0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPUGNCIozp0[/video]

...and the platform highlights - Android 3.0 Platform Highlights | Android Developers

 

[jaycemiskel]

The best version of Android isn't even for phones. I'm glad Matias Duarte said that this is the general direction that Android is going in. You know what else Honeycomb would be great for? In car multimedia systems!

 

[bazar6]

The best version of Android isn't even for phones. I'm glad Matias Duarte said that this is the general direction that Android is going in. You know what else Honeycomb would be great for? In car multimedia systems!

If someone can port it and make apps for it, I would definitely put a tab in my car, right in the dash but also removable, and can see all vehicle diagnostics as well as stereo, and pretty much everything else that the internet could enable for this awesome OS.

 

[noisufnoc]

Anyone else having problems downloading it today?

https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android-3.0_pre_r01-linux.zip

 

[trumpet444]

I can't download the sdk preview either. Can someone please make this file available? Post to megaupload or something? Its obvious some of you have it