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2010-09-06 , 13:53
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#196
Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Google is exerting some control, for example for a device to use Gingerbread (3.0) they have to meet the minimum specs. So there should be some standardization in the hardware out there after 3.0 hits. Also I think most Android apps are resolution independent already.
As Android is open source, this may be hard to do . Of course, Google can certainly restrict its apps and marketplace to those devices that it deems has met this minima.

I think 3.0 includes a 'large' category for displays, which will likely have different UI consequences than the 'small' and 'regular' categories that exist now. This is not to say that Android currently will not work on a larger display, but that the native UI may be tailored to automatically use larger displays better than a simple resize.

All speculation, though. Only time will tell.