Google's Android Developer site updates its Android 3.0 guide, preview SDK launched

Google’s geeky Android Developer den has just updated with a whole pile of new information about the forthcoming “Honeycomb” update also known as Android 3.0, filling us in with more information about what to expect from the tablet-friendly future version of the OS.

Here’s but one interesting snippet, which details the options available to widget makers:

Home screen widgets are popular with users because they offer fast access to application-specific data directly from the home screen. Android 3.0 lets developers take home screen widgets to the next level, offering more types of content and new modes of interaction with users. Developers can now use more standard UI widget types home screen widgets, including widgets that let users flip through collections of content as 3D stacks, grids, or lists. Users can interact with the home screen widgets in new ways, such as by using touch gestures to scroll and flip the content displayed in a widget.

If you’re development minded, Google has today released a preview version of the Android 3.0 SDK for developers – or bored amateurs – to have a play with. Read about that on the Android Developer Blog.

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There’s way too much information about Android 3.0 up there for us to copy & paste, so head off over there and read all about what’s about to arrive on that vast army of Android tablets.

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