Android 2.0 Platform Highlights

The Android 2.0 platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new features and technologies in Android 2.0.

�New User Features
�New Platform Technologies
New User Features
Quick Contact for Android
Multiple Accounts
Messaging Search
Email Combined Inbox
Camera Modes Contacts and accounts
�Multiple accounts can be added to a device for email and contact synchronization, including Exchange accounts. (Handset manufacturers can choose whether to include Exchange support in their devices.)
�Developers can create sync adapters that provide synchronization with additional data sources.
�Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to a contact's information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications such as Email, Messaging, and Calendar can also reveal the Quick Contact widget when you touch a contact photo or status icon.
Email
�Exchange support.
�Combined inbox to browse email from multiple accounts in one page.
Messaging
�Search functionality for all saved SMS and MMS messages.
�Auto delete the oldest messages in a conversation when a defined limit is reached.
Camera
�Built-in flash support
�Digital zoom
�Scene mode
�White balance
�Color effect
�Macro focus
Android virtual keyboard
�An improved keyboard layout to makes it easier to hit the correct characters and improve typing speed.
�The framework's multi-touch support ensures that key presses aren't missed while typing rapidly with two fingers.
�A smarter dictionary learns from word usage and automatically includes contact names as suggestions.
Browser
�Refreshed UI with actionable browser URL bar enables users to directly tap the address bar for instant searches and navigation.
�Bookmarks with web page thumbnails.
�Support for double-tap zoom.
�Support for HTML5:

?Database API support, for client-side databases using SQL.
?Application cache support, for offline applications.
?Geolocation API support, to provide location information about the device.
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