TAG | Custom UI
Well, after the announcement from Google that the Navigation app would be available to all Android devices with Android 1.6 and above, people with Android 1.5 are feeling a little more sad. At first it was the updated market, a little speed boost and the updated search box that the Android 1.5 users were pining for. But now, they are lost on the street without Google Navigation as well. I exaggerate, but not by much. Android 1.5 was released in April of 2009, just about 9 short months ago. Android 1.6 came out just 3 months ago, and Android 2.0 was released earlier this month with the Droid and then bits are showing up in the open source project. That’s a very fast release cycle. It’s got some hardware/firmware developers just trying to play catch up with their custom UI offerings. Let’s dive into the wacky world of custom UIs for Android and see just what that means to the users. Continue Reading…