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Android 3.2 Update Is Ready, Is Your Device?

The new update of the Android Honeycomb, the Android 3.2, has officially been announced by Google on the Android developer forum. Android 3.2 is basically a minor feature update and will include new APIs (application programming interfaces). Here’s a look at the new features added.
Functions on a wider range of tablets
Android 3.2 has included a number of optimizations so that it can function effectively on a wider range of tablets.
Compatibility zoom for apps made for smaller devices
A new compatibility zoom mode has been included which lets the user decide on how they want to view applications that are specifically made for smaller devices like mobile phones. Traditionally the user interface (UI) would just stretch the display of the apps but the new mode provides a pixel-scaled alternative.
Media can be synced directly from SD card to apps
This feature will work on the devices that support an SD card. Users can directly load media from their SD cards to the respective apps that require them without copying the files onto the tablet and then accessing them for the apps.
Extended API for managing screens support for Developers
The new update provides developers with extensions to the platform’s screen support API so that they can better manage application user interface on all the Android-powered devices. Also they can now decide on how their apps are displayed on different sized devices.
Companies like Motorola have already brought the update for their tablet called Motorola Xoom. Although Huawei has already claimed they are the first 7 inch Android 3.2 tablet with a dual core processor.  Samsung, Acer and other companies should soon come out with the update for their devices too.

Tags: Android 3.2, Google, Honeycomb

Aplikasi iPad di AppStore Capai 100.000

Perkembangan aplikasi di toko-toko aplikasi terus berkembang. Di AppStore milik Apple misalnya, jumlah aplikasi khusus untuk iPad sudah mencapai 100.000. Suatu jumlah yang fantastis.
Mashable mengutip laporan Macstories menyebutkan, sampai Maret 2011, jumlah aplikasi di AppStore tercatat 75.000. Dan tiga bulan kemudian, jumlah aplikasi bertambah menjadi 100.000. Ini baru aplikasi khusus untuk iPad.
Jika ditambah dengan aplikasi untuk iPhone dan iPod Touch, jumlah aplikasi di AppStore bisa mencapai 500.000. Sejauh ini belum ada yang bisa mengalahkan Apple dalam jumlah aplikasi.
Lalu bagaimana dengan perkembangan aplikasi di Android Market?
Menurut Mashable, saat ini aplikasi yang tersedia untuk tablet Android jumlahnya kurang dari 1.000 aplikasi. Sulit untuk menghitung angka yang pasti mengingat tablet Android menggunakan versi berbeda-beda seperti Gingerbread dan Froyo.
Namun sejak dirilis Oktober 2008, jumlah aplikasi di Android Market untuk semua jenis perangkat yang menggunakan sistem operasi Android, angkanya tercatat 200.000.
Pada Maret 2009, jumlah aplikasi di Android Market tercatat 2.300, bulan Desember 2009 mencapai 20.000. Lalu pada bulan Agustus 2010, angkanya berlipat ganda menjadi 80.000. Dan sampai Mei 2011, jumlah aplikasi di Android Market mencapai 200.000.
Sementara itu, jumlah aplikasi di Microsoft Windows Phone Marketplace juga tumbuh secara mengesankan. Sampai Juli 2011, jumlah aplikasi di Microsoft WP Marketplace tercatat 25.000.
Sejak awal peluncurannya pada November 2010 lalu hingga akhir Maret 2011, tercatat 11.500 aplikasi di Microsoft WP Marketplace. Tiga bulan berikutnya, jumlah aplikasi bertambah 13.500 sehingga saat ini jumlahnya mencapai 25.000.