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page.title=Android 2.0 Platform Highlights
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sdk.date=October 2009
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margin:0;
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<div class="video">
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<object width="278 height="180">
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<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/opZ69P-0Jbc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param>
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</div>
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<p>The Android 2.0 platform introduces many new and exciting features for
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users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new features
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and technologies in Android 2.0.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#UserFeatures">New User Features</a></li>
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<li><a href="#PlatformTechnologies">New Platform Technologies</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="UserFeatures" style="clear:right">New User Features</h2>
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<div class="screenshot">
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<img src="images/2.0/quick-connect.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/>
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Quick Contact for Android
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</div>
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<div class="screenshot second">
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<img src="images/2.0/multiple-accounts.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/>
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Multiple Accounts
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</div>
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<div class="screenshot">
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<img src="images/2.0/mms-search.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/>
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Messaging Search
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</div>
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<div class="screenshot second">
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<img src="images/2.0/email-inbox.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/>
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Email Combined Inbox
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</div>
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<div class="screenshot">
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<img src="images/2.0/camera-modes.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/>
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Camera Modes
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</div>
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<h3 id="Contacts">Contacts and accounts</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Multiple accounts can be added to a device for email and contact
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synchronization, including Exchange accounts. (Handset manufacturers can
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choose whether to include Exchange support in their devices.)</li>
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<li>Developers can create sync adapters that provide synchronization with
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additional data sources.</li>
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<li>Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to
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a contact's information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a
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contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications
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such as Email, Messaging, and Calendar can also reveal the Quick Contact widget
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when you touch a contact photo or status icon.</li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li>Sync support for contacts from multiple data sources including Exchange.
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Handset manufacturers can choose whether or not to include Exchange support
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in their devices.</li>
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<li>New way to hover on a person to see more info and select communication
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mode (for example, phone, SMS, email).</li>
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</ul>
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-->
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<h3 id="Email">Email</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Exchange support.</li>
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<li>Combined inbox to browse email from multiple accounts in one page.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="Messaging">Messaging</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Search functionality for all saved SMS and MMS messages.</li>
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<li>Auto delete the oldest messages
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in a conversation when a defined limit is reached.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="Camera">Camera</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Built-in flash support</li>
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<li>Digital zoom</li>
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<li>Scene mode</li>
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<li>White balance</li>
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<li>Color effect</li>
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<li>Macro focus</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="Keyboard">Android virtual keyboard</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>An improved keyboard layout to makes it easier to hit the correct characters
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and improve typing speed.</li>
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<li>The framework's multi-touch support ensures that key presses aren't missed
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while typing rapidly with two fingers.</li>
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<li>A smarter dictionary learns from word usage and automatically includes
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contact names as suggestions.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="Browser">Browser</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Refreshed UI with actionable browser URL bar enables users to directly
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tap the address bar for instant searches and navigation.</li>
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<li>Bookmarks with web page thumbnails.</li>
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<li>Support for double-tap zoom.</li>
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<li>Support for HTML5:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Database API support, for client-side databases using SQL.</li>
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<li>Application cache support, for offline applications.</li>
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<li>Geolocation API support, to provide location information about the device.</li>
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<li>{@code <video>} tag support in fullscreen mode.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="Calendar">Calendar</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Agenda view provides infinite scrolling.</li>
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<li>Events indicate the attending status for each invitee.</li>
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<li>Invite new guests to events.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="PlatformTechnologies" style="clear:right">New Platform Technologies</h2>
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<h3 id="MediaFramework">Media Framework</h3>
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<p>Revamped graphics architecture for improved performance that enables better
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hardware acceleration.</p>
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<h3 id="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Bluetooth 2.1</li>
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<li>New BT profiles: Object Push Profile (OPP) and Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="DeveloperAPIs">New Framework APIs</h3>
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<p>Android 2.0 includes several new developer APIs.
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For an overview of new APIs, see the
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<a href="{@docRoot}sdk/android-2.0.html#api">Android 2.0 version notes</a>.</p>
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<p>For a complete report of all API changes, see the
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<a href="{@docRoot}sdk/api_diff/5/changes.html">API Differences Report</a>.</p>
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