Posts tagged sdk

(Update 3/14: To the best of my knowledge, it is not possible to take a screen capture on the Xoom without rooting the device and I have no intentions of doing that at this time.  The only other option is to install the SDK, to perform the screen capture.  A screen capture function built into Honeycomb or the UI would be an awesome add-on and could be seen as a free advertisement medium for the Xoom.)

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I spent a little time installing the Android SDK packages today and the end result was really worth it. I plan to dabble in development at some point, anyway.

This is the Home screen.  There are two other screens available on the left and right sides, accessible by swiping in that direction.

Background image: I took this photo down the street at the lake during the snow/ice storm earlier this year.

You can easily pick out the Gmail widget now and it’s pointed to my Google Apps domain.

…in the column of widgets along the right hand side of the screen: The OS supplied Music widget, followed by Beautiful Widgets (weather via Accuweather,) and Widgetsoid (easy access to wifi, Bluetooth, brightness, GPS, & battery life)

Various other app shortcuts are scattered about.

The bar along the bottom include the Back button, Home Button, and an icon that displays able list of the last 5 apps that were used.  This is important to make note of, because historically most buttons of this nature on mobile devices are real buttons.  The only real buttons on the Xoom are the up/down volume buttons on the left side and the lock/power button on the back.

This is followed by Notifications (new email, Facebook, app downloads/installs, that type of thing.) appear next to the clock.  Click the clock to display wifi/3G connectivity strength, battery percentage, an alternate way to switch Bluetooth, wifi, etc. on and off.