14 DAY TRIAL // Some of the latest reports around the Internet suggested that the next version of Android, called Honeycomb, might arrive on the market as Android 2.4, and not Android 3.0, as previously believed, but it
turns out that those reports might have been inaccurate.
Apparently, the new Android flavor would actually be released into the wild with version 3.0 attached to it, just as originally speculated, at least this is what ASUS, which already launched its first Android tablet PCs at CES 2011, suggested.
“The Eee Pad MeMO has a 7-inch capacitive screen powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile processor and will ship with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) featuring HD playback capabilities, mobile gaming, an exciting Web experience and is accompanied by a stylus pen for taking handwritten notes,” the computer maker notes in a press release (via Pocket-lint).
Since there are three Android 3.0 powered devices coming from ASUS, the company is certainly familiar with the mobile operating system, and all speculation regarding the version numbering of this Android iteration should be put to a rest.
As for the actual devices that the leading computer maker plans on bringing to the market in the next half a year, we should note the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, the Eee Pad Slide and the Eee Pad MeMo.
What is also interesting to note is that ASUS is the first company to officially unveil a Honeycomb tablet PC, leaving Motorola one step behind, since the handset vendor would announce its device only tomorrow.
This year's Consumer Electronics Show is expected to be dominated by tablet PCs, many of which would run under Google's Android platform, as previous reports pointed at.
The entire market segment is poised for impressive growth, as some of the main telecoms companies already announced plans to make steps on this road (including HP Palm, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, and others more).
What exactly would these devices have to offer when brought to shelves, and how well would they be received on the market, it remains to be seen. CES is set to kick off tomorrow, so we won't have to wait too long for the first details to emerge.