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Another part of 1st Day Keynote in Google I/O - Chrome Web Store
There is another part of 1st Day keynote. That is Chrome Web Store. The concept is fairly simple. An appstore for Chrome web browser. You can install or buy web app in through the store. Just one click you can install the application in a tab page in Chrome web browser. Even for paid apps, it can process within a click too.
Moreover, it supports the most of modren web technologies, such as Flash.
But I got a question, for paid apps, whether the developers can only use Google Checkout to be their payment processor. If that is the case, it has the problems in Android Market. Only developers from limited locations can sell their apps, becuase Google Checkout is only available in very very limited locations!
Lastly, the web store is only web applications only, it can't sell the desktop applications.
Google I/O 2010 Keynote - HTML5
Finally, I completed the 1st part of the keynote. This session is really focused on HTML5.
Chrome will have a fully support of HTML5. Mainly, Chrome will be as an interface between web apps to local computer resources via HTML5. In this way, the web apps can directly play video, local cache resources, even some worker threads.
If everything will happen, we can watch video without using Flash. And some web apps can work offline as well via local cache. Hey, there is another interesting point, they pointed Web GL is on the way. SO, 3D rendering can directly access GPU! That is cool. I will be continue to watch the video clips and bring more information up this blog.
I did not buy HTC Lengend
I just backed from the trip to Hong Kong. HTC Legend is released in there for around three weeks. I checked the price across a number of shops, it cosed HKD$4198. If AUD$1=HKD$7.1(which is the exchange rate when I was in Hong Kong), that is around AUD$591. That is still a bit expensive for myself. Moreover, this kind of technology products is very expensive at frist. After a little while, its price will drop rapidly! In addition, I got a HTC Magic with Sense UI, so far, I am happy about it. It got Android 1.5, which is still a standard version for Android app development. So, I will wait a little bit longer.....
VCR and PVR <- outdated?!
A long long time ago, VCR helped some people a lot. It allowed people to record the TV shows first and then re-play them later on. Not long ago, PVR was aimed to replace VCR. There was a digital era. We should record TV shows in a hard dish rather than video cassette tapes. Nowadays, most of television stations put their TV shows in their website. So, I don't think PVR is essential at all. If you want to watch a TV show again, you can play it from their website. Is PVR is outdated as well?
Sense UI - Timer and Stopwatch
SenseUI - Timer
I found another great stuff in Sense UI this morning. Sense UI comes with a Timer and Stopwatch app by default. Before I upgarded to Sense UI, the default Android 1.5 has not any applications for timer or stopwatch. I had to download some third parties apps. Their interface is not as nice as Sense UI - Timer and Stopwatch. HTC should released Sense UI upgarde earlier! Now, I felt I entered an "improved" Android world!
SenseUI - Stopwatch