Google's Android Makes Its Public Debut - News and Analysis by PC Magazine

A timely reality check; see the full article for a screen shot slide show

The Mobile World Congress became the coming-out party for Google's Android OS as four mobile processor vendors showed off pre-production devices running versions of Android.

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The biggest surprise of the demos was how well Android runs on slow devices. TI showed Android on a Motorola Q-like QWERTY handheld with their 200 Mhz OMAP 850 platform, where the user interface felt smooth and fast, even with little Apple-like animated transitions between screens.

Google's Android Makes Its Public Debut - News and Analysis by PC Magazine