Android 2.0 (codenamed ‘Éclair’) is the latest upgrade to Google’s impressive mobile OS. It supersedes the Android 1.6 software (dubbed ‘Donut’) and makes its debut on the Motorola DROID handset.
The new software features several upgrades, most notably to its Contacts application, Bluetooth support, messaging and camera.
Android 2.0 also improves the virtual keyboard, which has always lagged behind the Apple iPhone’s QWERTY keypad in terms of usability. The Android keyboard has a narrower layout, with smaller virtual keys that are harder to hit accurately when typing at speed.
The iPhone combats this by invisibly enlarging the so-called ‘landing area’ of certain keys as you type. This is based on a probabilistic analysis of the word that you’re currently typing and by guessing the letters that you might be pressing next.
The full text of this article (published as ‘Everything you need to know about Android 2.0′) appears on the TechRadar website here.
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