wraggster
February 21st, 2011, 21:57
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/02/ixonos-windowed-android.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/20/ixonos-shows-off-windowed-ui-for-android/)
When your tablet needs a windowed UI, has it crossed some undrawn, implied boundary that makes it too complex for the kinds of casual tasks you'd want to accomplish on a tablet? Hard to say, but the mobile developers at Ixonos took to MWC (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MWC/) last week to showcase a windowed build of Android on top of a tablet developed by Aava (http://www.engadget.com/tag/aavamobile) -- so at the very least, we know it's possible. The system is built atop Froyo and allows apps to continue running in the background -- they don't suspend, which means you can, say, play a video while you're off composing messages. The company also demonstrated the software on a dual-screen 7-inch tablet, allowing apps to be launched on either screen and transferred between them -- all seemingly without any customizations needed to individual apps, which is going to be key for a system like this to gain any market traction.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/20/ixonos-shows-off-windowed-ui-for-android/
When your tablet needs a windowed UI, has it crossed some undrawn, implied boundary that makes it too complex for the kinds of casual tasks you'd want to accomplish on a tablet? Hard to say, but the mobile developers at Ixonos took to MWC (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MWC/) last week to showcase a windowed build of Android on top of a tablet developed by Aava (http://www.engadget.com/tag/aavamobile) -- so at the very least, we know it's possible. The system is built atop Froyo and allows apps to continue running in the background -- they don't suspend, which means you can, say, play a video while you're off composing messages. The company also demonstrated the software on a dual-screen 7-inch tablet, allowing apps to be launched on either screen and transferred between them -- all seemingly without any customizations needed to individual apps, which is going to be key for a system like this to gain any market traction.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/20/ixonos-shows-off-windowed-ui-for-android/