Android 1.6

I love to see project going forward in the right direction. Quite a few people were skeptical about Android, I wasn’t, and every month since the first ADP1 Android device was released has proven me I’m right to believe in this OS as it has got one step closer to what the perfect mobile OS should be.
The latest 1.6 release brings a few novelties amongst which:

• Mutlitouch through “gesture API”
• Fine battery management (i.e. now you can track which process slow down your droid and are eating up the battery)
• Improved Android Market now getting closer to the best-in-class Apple appstore
• Quick serch on both local content and the Internet

All those come with dedicated APIs enabling apps to really take advantage of every new feature the OS is proposing. This is the kind of open approach I love and which will make Android a market leader. We’re now just missing the gorgeous piece of hardware that can compete with the iPhone in terms of design and we’ll get the next-gen mass market phone !