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G1's Android Web Browser in Action

2008-12-09T03:00:00Z

Former ReadWriteWeb network blog last100 has produced a screencast showing the web browser in Google's Android phone the G1. last100 editor Steve O'Hear remarked that the bundled browser is "fast, renders the full web flawlessly (aside from the lack of Flash support), and does a fantastic job of re-flowing text when you zoom in on a specific part of a web page, therefore eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling despite browsing on such a small screen." Check out Steve's short video review below.

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As ReadWriteWeb noted when G1 was released in September, the default browser isn't Google's Chrome - but Web-Kit, which is "Chrome-like". However Sergey Brin confirmed in early September that Chrome will be coming to Android in subsequent versions.

See last100's full post for more details of the current browser in G1.

Comment from AppBeacon on 2008-12-08

2008-12-09T05:06:22Z

Why does the G1 not have flash? We know why the iPhone doesn't have it - His Steveness says Flash Player isn't good enough for the iPhone.

I don't understand why Google didn't make this a point of differentiation and advertise the hell out of the fact they could do flash and the iPhone couldn't.

Comment from jake on 2008-12-08

2008-12-09T06:00:56Z

@AppBeacon
Actually Flash is coming to Android, they had a demo of it a while back (link below), it just hasn't been released yet. It takes a while because they have to work with Adobe on it, since Adobe owns Flash. I believe it'll be full flash and not the existing Flash lite on some phones today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghIGj9r3_vc

Comment from Giga-Byte on 2008-12-09

2008-12-09T11:14:00Z

http://tech-exposed.com

I've got a feeling that it will come along with the new update of Chrome for the G1.