Attendees of the this years Google I/O Conference get an HTC Magic smartphone for free. If I had known this before maybe I had planned a trip to San Francisco to be there.
Even though the smartphone was the highlight of the first day in the Moscone Center also interesting things were discussed. Main topics were HTML 5, Android, AppEngine, etc. Google made a clear statement to be in favour with HTML 5. They do not want to wait another 10 years before using new technology as it was with AJAX. One slide contains:
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Google thinks HTML 5 will be the next evolution after Web 2.0. The examples shown in the keynote gave an shot impression what will be possible with HTML 5. For example Youtube can be coded completely with HTML 5 without the need of further plugins. Also 3D Grahpic application will become possible with HTML 5. According to Google also the browser support is already good. All in all work for developers will become easier interacting on pixel level. The remaining question is: Who will need flash anymore?
Another part was about Geolocation inside modern browsers. Browser applications will use Cellular and Wireless networks to determine the current location of the user. This could be very need when working with mapping application. The security issue was also mentioned, because of course it could also happend that your location is used by malware (e.g. advertisments, etc.)
The next version of Android (post 1.5) will include open source speech recognition. It was also announced that today (2nd day) we will hear about an amazing new product launch from Google. I hope we will not be dissapointed after the 2nd keynote.
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