Access Linux Platform 3.0 live, in person, and oh-so-full of widgets
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We got a quick look at the latest version of the Access Linux Platform (ALP) today, running on an early build of TI’s OMAP 3-based Zoom hardware. Access seems excessively enthused with widgets, and really isn’t doing a bad job at them, featuring transparency galore and even a second home screen for housing a separate set of them (perhaps “work” or “home” or “really great world clocks”). The machine also run’s Access’ own NetFront browser, which isn’t quite as butter as we’ve seen WebKit get lately, but might be about on par with Microsoft’s new builds of Internet Explorer Mobile. Unfortunately, aside from a jerky, barebones “flickable” photo browser, that’s all Access is showing off of LiMo-compliant 3.0 at the moment, and we didn’t get a look at that Garnet OS compatibility layer we all know and love. Still, if you suffer from some irrational fear that we’d be short on mobile operating systems here at MWC you can at last rest at ease. Video is after the break.
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