The only new cool features i see are the ability to look up your history with actual web pages and the google street view , which i think should work with the new microb browser.

Check the video here

http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/g...now-available/

We still don't have proper (any?) graphical acceleration, at least not until OS2008 I think? The graphics chip is still unused - we're still missing out on the possibility of the N8xx being a decent games platform. And a bunch of well-documented, unified libraries to access hardware too. While we would probably draw on library availability, our wiki documentation is still pretty crufty...

I have to say the $10 million dollars cash prizes is very attractive by the way.

The demo video of an actual phone working is very impressive, although I'm not sure how intuitive Android is to use (looks clunky to me). But when he zoomed in/out of a webpage -- USING BUTTONS ON THE SIDE OF THE UNIT!! -- I did want to scream out that Nokia has been doing it for some time.

I wonder if going with microb for OS2008 was a good idea? Maybe they should have gone with Webkit.

These are exciting times for those of us who believe personal Internet devices are the future.

I find Android quite intriguing. I still won't give up my Nokia but I would sure love it if I could flash my Windows Mobile phone with Android, which might be a long-shot but they are working with HTC.

Funny, most browsers have been able to zoom in and out for years. I don't see what all the hoopla is.

Windows Mobile really does stink, doesn't it. As mentioned on a thread elsewhere today, I really do think that all mobile internet tools up until this point have been over hyped and under performing. It's good that some companies are now doing it right although I think it will be a year or two before we start to see the fruits of their labour (including Nokia, it has to be said).

Nokia should be running to Google to get Android on the NITs as soon as possible. The writing is on the wall... there is going to be much more developer support for Android than there ever will be for Maemo.

Yeah. It is the worst os ever. I still dont understand why smartphones still have that OS.

This is very true. Maemo already struggles for developer support. How many original (not ported) Maemo apps are there? For that matter, how many ported apps are there (outside of libraries)?

The thing is that while I like Maemo/Hildon, I've got to say that I only like it. I don't love it. It's still a bit clunky and non-intuitive.

Android effectively pushes the Nokia tablets to the sidelines. Several of us have been predicting this would happen. Nokia has Apple on the one side, and Google on the other. The other two companies are known for innovation. Nokia is known for making mobile phones that look good. Hmmm...

But let's not write-off Nokia too early It's going to be a year or two before we see an Android phone, and a year or two after that before they perfect it. By that point Nokia should be onto the fabled perfect fifth incarnation of the Internet tablet. They do have a pretty good head start.

Can't help thinking all of this is just terrific for Linux, though Linux never got to the desktop. It just hopped over it and got straight into your pocket.

I believe there is an official Webkit browser version coming out soon here is a page I found

http://www.atoker.com/blog/2007/08/0...0-and-the-eal/

Android looks interesting but I'm sure Maemo still has great legs, next year we'll see what shakes out.