Gadgetory

hey guys it's joe and this is a motorola xoom but wait a minute did pocket now just get really big pockets or does this have something to do with smartphones let's go see all right now like i mentioned in the intro this is a motorola xoom the zoom is the launch device for google and the honeycomb tablet platform what do i mean by that well Google when they come out with a new device or new technology that is really supposed to form the way that other manufacturers build devices for their platforms that's called a launch device and the person who or the company who helps realize that vision is called the launch partner well with smartphones you're familiar with the the nexus one the Nexus S and maybe the nexus prime if our rumors are correct about what it's going to be named those are all the launch devices that Google has come out with it mark the next major step in the Android platform development well this is a tablet and we're not a tablet site so what does this have to do with anything well Motorola long was the launch partner for tablets and for honeycomb which is great but again what does that have to do with smartphones let me show you a couple things here with honeycomb and then we'll see what it has to do now I'm going to launch my app drawer and let's take google messenger and put it out here on to this screen just like that you saw the frames right there and how this interface works to get stuff from there to there it when we switch from screen to screen you can kind of see a little ghostly outline over here that has to do with the mark a shin of the screen now watch real close when I move this there's a very subtle grid of pluses in fact let me see if I can zoom in on that little bit for you so you can see exactly what I'm talking about so right here let's move this around and ever so slightly you can see a grid a little plus signs that's a better place to seem you see the little plus signs and the little drop shadow that shows me where it's going to snap to kind of cool right there and then I can drop it it helps me a line what I'm doing on my screen with with where I can put stuff and it helps answer a question that people have had regarding how do I organize my home screens and what not now the same thing is true with widgets fact if I come over here move this you'll notice on this widget not only is it scrollable but if I long hold I get these little pull bars on the side and I can make that widget longer just like that so very very cool very easy and a nice way to help organize stuff on this much larger screen now let's go back to launch partners motor oil is the launch partner for the tablet version of Android which is honeycomb so arguably this is a pure Android Honeycomb environment this is the interface that Google wanted it doesn't have any TouchWiz it doesn't have anything else to overlay on top of it this is it so let's get back now to smartphones this is the droid bionic you've seen that in some videos of ours and a couple of things that you'll note let's come over here here's my calendar widget let's tap and hold on that and if you notice I've got little grab bars now the kind of frame it and let me manipulate it and move it around as I scroll from side to side let me do this rather as I move something from side to side you can see those little ghosts there on the side see where my where my screens are and then if you look real close in here you can see if I don't accidentally push the power button you can see that I've got those little plus signs down there as well get a little bit closer view of that for you too if it stops auto focusing now this interface is not uncommon from what you've seen another Motorola devices it kind of takes a step towards something else something interesting it's not really motoblur it's not really a droid what is it well I don't know for sure but it sure seems to me like they took some hints from honeycomb on the motorola xoom and incorporated them in the launcher on the motorola droid bionic was that just hints or are we actually seeing some of the bits of Android Ice Cream Sandwich built into the Droid Bionic I don't know but it's looking kind of that way to me let us know what you think in the comments down below if you like seeing some of these speculative videos make sure you give the video a big thumbs up if you haven't yet subscribe to our video channel make sure you do that we've got some fun stuff that's always coming out and we want to make sure you don't miss out on anything of course head on over to pocketnow.com and read the article associated with this video leave your comments there as well and let me know if I missed anything are there any other bits and pieces of honeycomb for tablets that have been put into this version of gingerbread for smartphones really interesting really fun I'm eager to hear what you have to say for pocket now showing off what could be bits of ice cream inside your smartphone i'm joe levi you