Google released Android 3.1 OS and Music Beta at the opening day of Google I/O Developer Conference 2011

In the remarkable Google I/O Developer Conference 2011, Google does not disappoint anticipants with their new and upgraded products and services. At the opening day of this remarkable conference, Google released several long anticipated products and services, including the Android Honeycomb 3.1 and the Music Beta by Google.

Honeycomb is Android’s specific tablet OS which has been considered fairly well, but indeed need updates to be perfect. This new Android Honeycomb 3.1 will fix some of the minor problems we had with Honeycomb, like not being able to scroll through recently-opened apps or not being able to re-size widgets.

Music has long been a weakness of Android’s–its stock music app is jarringly bad, both ugly and confusing, and without a native music purchase system like Apple’s iTunes or Microsoft’s Zune. Music Beta by Google (or, Google Music) is a Cloud music service, which is not a store like iTunes, or a subscription service like Rdio or Rhapsody, but more of a specialized chunk of online storage. You upload your music (20GB, at first) to this storage locker online, and then can access it from your Android device–as long as you have an internet connection.

Other new things of this conference are just like what I predicted before. The Ice Cream Sandwich plays an important role in this conference. One we did not expect to emerge is the Android@Home, an open-source project that’ll let developers create home automation apps with any appliance that’s plugged into an Android@Home receiver. Google also announced the Android ADK, a sort of collection of tools to allow hackers and developers to make new stuff with Android and an Arduino microprocessor.

The conference is still on the way, and we think that there must be more new surprises to be announced. Just wait for the latest news about the conference.

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Three Giants Focus on NFC: Apple iPhone, Google Android Phones and MicroSoft Smart Phones

NFC, the Near Field Communication technology, has been a hot topic for all smart mobile phones users recently. Near Field Communication, or NFC, is a new type of electronic payment system that allows users to wave an NFC device over an NFC reader to purchase items. An NFC equipped smart phone would use this new technology as a safe and secure method of buying things at stores that were equipped with the reader. Smart phone users have long been anticipating this technology on smart phones for convenient and safe payment.

The earliest rumors about NFC on smart mobile phone were about iPhone 5, which was greatly rumored to support NFC. However, now, another two giants in smart mobile phones are rumored to own this payment technology: Google Android phones and Microsoft smart phones, the WP 7.

Along with the rumors that iPhone 5 would not adopt NFC due to the absence of NFC standard currently in the circle announced by Apple; users may have been unsure and may feel disappointed and long for a smart mobile phone to solve this problem. Google Android phones and Microsoft Windows smart phones in such conditions are rumored to own NFC-enabled smart mobile phones to compete with Apple iPhone. The negotiation between Google and Mastercard and Citigroup is still on the way for the NFC support, while Microsoft NFC-enabled WP7 only shows a hint for public.

 Although NFC-enabled WP7 devices could arrive as early as this year, Microsoft will likely continue to play catch up with Apple and Google, as both industry heavyweights are reportedly planning to debut NFC smart phones in the very near future. So, let’s just wait to see the latest news about this.

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