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Live from the Google I/O 2011 keynote!
By: Andrew Munchbach | May 10th, 2011 at 11:42AM
It’s a beautiful day in San Francisco, California today — the perfect setting for the Google’s 2011 global developer conference, better known as Google I/O. The battalion of Google staffers is currently putting the finishing touches on the Moscone Center before it’s swarmed by Android enthusiasts, developers and the press, and we’re here to bring you the action live. What does Google have up its sleeves for this year? We’ll find out soon enough. The Day 1 keynote kicks off at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, 12:00 p.m. Eastern, and we’ll be live blogging it right here in this post. Be sure to check back then for the live coverage, and don’t forget to refresh the page for all the details as they break!
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On | Off11:43AM:We've found out seats! There is a great buzz in the room. Google VP Andy Rubin is a few rows in front of us, and we're ready to rock. T-minus 17 minutes!
11:50AM:Here's what we see on stage: a Life Fitness exercise bike, a main speaking podium, a podium left of center with a video-based projector and a few Apple laptops, and a right of center podium with two Android devices hooked up to speakers.
11:54AM:Five minute warning. Get your popcorn ready!
11:58AM:Voice over PA: "We should begin in 2 minutes."
12:01PM:Now taking the stage, senior Vice President Vic Gondtra
12:02PM:"We want to thank you for making Android the global phenomenon it has become. This year, for the first time we did something new. We allowed developers to set up their own viewing parties."
12:03PM:"We are humbled by your enthusiasm and thank you for sharing your most precious resource: your time."
12:04PM:
12:04PM:
12:04PM:"Today we are going to focus on three things: mobile, momentum, and 'more'"
12:05PM:"Remember this device?" *holds up a G1* "We were on one carrier in one country, and now, we're everywhere."
12:06PM:"We've activated over 100 million ANdroid devices worldwide."
12:06PM:"There are over 312 devices in over 120 countries."
12:07PM:"Today we're activating over 400,000 Android devices every day."
12:07PM:"Today, we've announced that we've hit over 200,000 apps in the ANdroid Market."
12:08PM:"It took the Android ecosystem to see 1B application installs. 5 months to get to 2B. And today, we have 4.5B application installs."
12:09PM:"This wraps up the momentum section. Now we're going to cover Mobile and show you 2 exciting new services that we're announcing today."
12:09PM:We're about to see some demos!
12:10PM:"Today, we're announcing Android 3.1 for Verizon XOOM owners."
12:12PM:New features include: a new multitasking functionality, resizable widgets, Android 3.1 devices can act like USB hosts (allows you to download images directly from digital camera to tablet; supports game controllers, keyboards, mice, etc.)
12:13PM:"Android 3.1 is not just for tablets, it's coming to Android 3.1 this summer. Google TV will also be getting the Android Market."
12:14PM:"Let's look a little further down the road. Our next mobile release: Ice Cream Sandwich. We're targeting a Q4 launch and it will be our most ambitious launch to date."
12:15PM:"We're taking our Honeycomb holographic UI and mutitaking UI to Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS from now on)."
12:18PM:We're seeing a demo of head tracking and OpenGL. Running on the GPU, the device's camera can track your movements and orient the screen and applications to your point of view.
12:19PM:"Now we're going to shift topics and talk about media. We're going to announce a new service."
12:20PM:"Starting today, users can rent movies from the Android Market and stream them directly to their devices using the cloud."
12:22PM:"Movies have a 30-day rental period. Once you being watching you'll have 24-hours to complete viewing. You can also stream the movie over your browser and watch on your computer."
12:22PM:"We enable offline viewing with a feature called 'pinning'. What this means is that these movies will be automatically downloaded to the device and viewable offline; like when you're on an airplane."
12:23PM:"In addition to playing back movies we can rent movies directly from a smartphone or tablet. There is a new section in the Market with categories and featured content; similar to the applications and books sections."
12:25PM:"Verizon XOOM 3G users will begin getting Android 3.1 today and it will include the movies rental feature. It will be available on smartphones running Android 2.2 and higher in the next few weeks."
12:25PM:"We just talked about movies, what's the other content we love?" MUSIC!
12:26PM:Paul Joyce is on stage: "Today we're introducing Music Beta by Google. No wires, no syncing. You music is stored in the cloud so you can stop worrying about storage and starting enjoying your music."
12:27PM:"Applications will be available for both PC and Mac. It will help you get the content you already own into the cloud."
12:28PM:"We have a new feature called 'Instant mix'. Select a song and Instant Mix picks 25 songs that are similar. Unlike other services, Mix actually listens to your track and finds similar sounds tracks... it's truly ingenius." ZING!
12:29PM:"My phone connects to the cloud. I'll never have to use a cable to get songs on my device again!"
12:30PM:"We cache music that is recently played. So you instantly have access to songs when offline. You can also pin songs to your device, making them available offline at all times."
12:31PM:"The best part? If I get a brand new phone all I have to do is sign in, my music is now right there right away."
12:32PM:"We're really excited about this service. We're rolling it out in beta today, you can add up to 20,000 songs to your library and... at least while it's in beta... the service is free."
12:32PM:"It will roll out in stages, to the U.S. only at first. All those attending Google IO that are based in the United States will get an invite (eat your heart out), others interested can visit music.google.com/about to apply for the beta."
12:34PM:"We're creating a new team that will determine how quickly devices will get updates when we push out new Android platforms and for how long they will get those updates."
12:34PM:"We're jointly announcing today, that devices from our partners will receive updates for 18 months as long as the hardware allows."
12:35PM:"Now we want to talk about 'more'. ABout our vision for the future."
12:36PM:"
12:37PM:"Today we're announcing Android Open Accesory" which will provide hardware makers the ability to create hardware that will work with any mobile device."
12:38PM:We're seeing a demo of the Life Fitness bike controlling gameplay on an Android devices that encourages and tracks progress.
12:39PM:Open Accessory supports USB now and will support Bluetooth in the future. They are also releasing a hardware development boards."
12:40PM:We're seeing a demo of someone moving a XOOM tablet that is controlling a physical labyrinth board.
12:41PM:More information is at accessories.android.com
12:42PM:"This program is completely open. No NDAs, no feeds, no restrictions."
12:43PM:"So we're going to go one step further and talk about what the ultimate accessory is: your home. We call this vision ANdroid@Home."
12:44PM:"We want to think of every device in your home as a potential Android IO device."
12:44PM:We're seeing a demo "Hello World" type application that is controlling the stage lights.
12:46PM:"To bring this vision to reality we're partnering with Lighting Science. You can buy Android@Home light bulbs beginning later this year."
12:48PM:Next, we're working on something called Project Tungsten. You can enjoy your music throughout your house, syncronized, via this Tungsten boxes. And these protocols will be completely open to developers."
12:51PM:We're getting a recap of what we've covered.
12:53PM:We're seeing the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1... and we're all getting one.
12:54PM:Thank you and have a great Google IO. That's it folks. Thanks for tuning in!
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