First look: Honeycomb APIs power tablet-friendly Android apps. Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb, introduces a completely new user interface suitable for tablet devices.
Google has also extended the platform's APIs so that third-party developers can make their applications work better on large form factors. The Android 3.0 SDK preview, which was released last week, offers an early look at some of the new features available to developers. We've been scouring the documentation and looking at the source code examples to see how all the pieces fit together. In this article, we will give you a concise overview of several key new features. Acer will launch two honeycomb tablets in april. HONEYCOMB TABLETS from Acer are due to arrive in the UK in April, the Taiwanese manufacturer said it will confirm in the last week of January.
The company said last November that it would wait for Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system before releasing tablets. Honeycomb arrived at the Consumer Electronics Show and, while Acer announced the 10.1-inch Iconia tab A500 for the US only, it didn't specify which Android OS it will use. In the last week of January the UK will find out about the two Acer Honeycomb tablets that are coming to Blighty. Honeycomb: Google's tablet OS onder de loep.