Noah is live from San Francisco at the Google I/O Day 2 Keynote. We're expecting some Android, and maybe some Google TV, so stay tuned!
Noah is live from San Francisco at the Google I/O Day 2 Keynote. We're expecting some Android, and maybe some Google TV, so stay tuned!
Okay, stuff for Devs means I'm off to find myself an Evo 4G ... :-) Thanks for tuning in!
Again, this is a Dev conference. So the opportunity for Devs to build apps and get them out to even more devices is good for business.
Demoing a bunch of Android apps on Google TV. Accessing the Google Market from a PC, downloading apps to the Google TV box.
Demo of Pandora for Android - the current mobile app - running on Google TV.
Google TV will support Android apps
Google TV is build on Android 2.1 (OTA upgrades as they come) and Chrome browser
It's ALL in the cloud, man. In the CLOUD, man!
Google TV voice search from an Android phone. Neato.
Google TV can use Android phone as input device via WiFi
Google TV box will feature Broadband Connectivity, "easy integration" with your cable/sat box, and a "strong processor." Also, special IP connectivity with Dish TV boxes.
Google TV is a mess. BUT ... this is a Developers conference, and so the Devs here may be salivating at the prospects of getting access to all of these data sets for use building apps to run on your TV. Since, you know, EVERYONE has a TV.
I hope there's a way to filter Google TV search results to show *only* video. I don't want to read text on my TV screen.
The Google TV demo is now working. It's like TiVo search plus online video services plus access to Web video. Powered by Google search.
"Switch to the other box." Repeat. #io2010 #GoogleTV #Fail
The Google TV demo is failing massively
Google's Head of TV Technology is taking the stage.
Has TiVo gone bankrupt yet?
#GoogleTV "Tv meets web. Web meets TV."
Google is trying to kill the button that switches you from "TV" to "Web" on your TV set
"Video should be consumed on the biggest, best, brightest screen in the house. And that's your TV - it's not a PC, it's not a phone."
Lots of talk about how many people and how much time and money goes into watching TV.
And here comes the talk of Google TV.
Everyone at the conference gets an EVO 4G. It's an Oprah moment!
Now they're showing of Sprint HTC Evo 4G
Click-to-call ad formats. Ad format with map, directions and click-to-call. Both coming soon.
I'm not sure what iAd will be, but it's either gotta be as slick as this Google stuff or it'll be another Apple "hobby"
Demo of contextually relevant ads, Android market integration with ads, and all sorts of other ad stuff on Froyo. Also, "expandable ad format" within Android apps.
Now talking about advertising and how Google already has massively deep, complex tools for measuring advertising analytics & other data
New tool to automagically add all of your non-DRM music from iTunes on your computer to your Android device
And it's another dig at Apple ... iTunes this time
Buy music from Android app store via Web browser, send it to your Android device via the Net.
Sneak peek of Android Marketplace accessible from PC browser. If you're logged in, the system saves a list of all of your Android devices. When you download an app from the Web, you can push the app out to your device(s) from the desktop browser.
New developer tool for debugging Android apps just got a big round of applause from the audience.
Automatic updating of Android apps supported in 2.2
Gotta say that Vic is the best public speaker that the Android team has put forth yet. Doing a nice job with the keynote.
Demo of Need for Speed on Android 2.2. App can live on SD card or internal memory.
Now announcements about Android apps and store ... Search Apps, Search within apps, move apps to SD Card ...
Demo of Nickelodeon's Flash site working on FroYo, failing on iPad
Support for Flash Player 10.1 Public Beta and AIR Developer Pre-Release. AND, a shot at Apple.
Demo of speech recognition with translation (English to French)
Demoing Speech-to-Text on Froyo. It works really well. It works really well on Eclair, too, in my experience. But it's crazy faster now.
Demo of Google Maps rotating in response to phone's accelerometer input (phone being tipped). From within browser.
The Froyo device is literally swimming laps around iPad. "Can we get it in the app store? Oh, it's a WEB app." Wow.
And here comes another demo designed to make Apple look stupid ... Javascript performance on Froyo, Eclair and iPad.
Demo of tethering an iPad to an Android device. It's the "We hate Apple" show, kids!
Tethering and portable hotpost announced. Wonder what they'll say about carrier support & fees.
Demo of Cloud to Messaging via Chrome extension. Sending a message from maps in Chrome to an Android device kicks the device into Nav mode. Pretty cool.
Cloud to Device Messaging API. ANOTHER dig at Apple. "This is not a Push Notification designed to compensate for a lack of multitasking."
New services in the 2.2 SDK: Application Data Backup API
New Enterprise Features: "We're Microsoft Exchage friendly"
New Just in Time complier in Android 2.2. 2x - 5x speed increase on apps. Demo of Replica Island running side by side on Froyo vs Eclair. Frame rate comparison.
Android 2.2 announced. Froyo. Vic pronounces it, "Froye-O"
22 demos coming in this part of the keynote.
50,000 Android apps. 180,000 Android devs. Lots of Android devices onstage.
It's the requisite "Look at all of our stats!" and "We're so awesome" portion of the keynote. Hah, Vic just said, "Awesome".
Just took a big potshot at Apple

Uh oh, is that coffee on my shirt? #KravFail
Vic is telling the story of asking Andy Rubin about mobile operating systems. I guess they're gonna talk about Android.
Morning! We're live, Vic from Google is on stage, and I just ate an excellent donut.
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