Honeycomb will be available for Smartphones

Android version 3.0 also known as Honeycomb has been shown only on tablets, but they should run in the future on smartphones. That and other details revealed Matias Duarte, head of Development for the the Google system in a 25-minute interview with the technology blog Engadget.

 As explained by Duarte, Android 3.0 marked the beginning of a new philosophy of operation. The Android 3.0 will be introduced on smartphones with design changes to keep catchment in the near future, the manager is convinced. The tablet version is only the beginning.

One of the most visible changes from Android 3.0 is the ability to operate equipment to complete using the touchscreen without the typical four menu buttons. This allows manufacturers more freedom in designing their models. Support for buttons but still remains.

Google has also been revised the multi-tasking menu. Instead of hiding it behind a long press of the Home button, it was pointed out more clearly with its own icon. It also has a new view that shows more than just symbols of the active programs.

Another innovation is the info bar at the top of the screen. They will be informed about the most important interaction. The commands are in use, what will save the user a lengthy scroll through menus.

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Root your Android easily with z4root

If you are a lucky owner of a phone equipped with Google's operating system for mobile phone, you have probably heard of these unique applications to users "Root" or at least, you have seen on the Android Market.

These applications are usually the most useful that we install in our Android mobile phone, but require the privilege of being "Root." How to get the Root device? this task in the beginning was tedious, long and required some advanced knowledge of computer science, and that required the Android SDK, many commands and some luck, though that in most cases, it is water under the bridge, as hours are extremely easy ways to get our phone Android Root.

One is z4root, an application that can be found in the Android Market for free, which will allow us to make our mobile phone ROOT Android by clicking on a button (because the application only has one).

Z4root compatible phones are:

1.    Samsung S Galaxy, Galaxy Tab, Galaxy i5700, i5800 Galaxy 3,

2.    Motorola Backflip, Droid 2, Droid X, Cliq, Dexter, Defy, Droid, Milestone

3.    HTC Hero

4.    HTC Wildfire

5.    Garmin Asus A50

6.    LG Optimus T

7.    LG Ally

8.    Sony Ericsson Sony X10

9.    Sony Ericsson Sony X10 Mini

10. Huawei Ascend Cricket

11. Huawei 8120

12. Acer Liquid

If for any reason, you need to undo the ROOT process, z4root application will allow you to leave our phone without Root by pressing a single button.

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