Software developer Google has modernized its Google Docs app for Android devices to formulate use of the extra screen space on tablets.

Google’s modernized Google Docs app enables Android tablet owners running Honeycomb or above to cover a significantly customized layout that the firm says makes better use of the augmented screen space available on tablets.

David Loxton, product manager at Google said, “With an entirely new design, we’ve customized the look to make the most of the larger screen space on tablets. The layout includes a three-panel view, which allows you to navigate through filters and collections, view your document list, and see document details, all at once.”

Google also claimed that the auto-complete feature makes it better to split documents, though some are complaining that there is still a lack of collaboration features in the Android version of Google Docs.

Although Google’s update might seem negligible in the grand scheme of things, it highlights the variation between smart phones and tablets and how apps are viewed on each type of gadget. Effective use of screen space is not really about making on-screen objects bigger or cramming in more information, but how to navigate, display and aggregate information in a levelheaded and useful approach.

Google also said it has made its Google Docs for Android tablets update available in 46 languages.

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The Importance of Mobile Operating System Software. Google’s Operating System for the Android phone has taken stage by having rocketed sales being on the up by 350% in the second quarter of 2010. The is great news for the internet giant, the sales make up over thirteen percent of the market as users find the operating system to be very advanced compared to it’s competitors. This is three percent up from the first quarter of 2010.

Megan Baldock the leading Analyst said, “Operating Systems are no longer simply a by-product but a key selling point in their own right.”

Mobile phone Operating Systems are vital to a mobile phone as previously it was something unnoticeable where users never thought anything of it.

Android’s principals are based on the Linux Kernel and the GNU Software allowing it to have a sophisticated light-weight operating system. Many of the light-weight notebooks are based on the Linux Kernel giving it the edge in the technology race.

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The Consumer Electronics Show opens in Las Vegas on Thursday, but Google is expected to launch its own Android mobile phone today.

The device is said to be called the Nexus One and is expected to run the new faster Linux-based Android 2.1 operating system on a 1GHz Snapdragon microprocessor.

The expected selling price online for the phone is around $500, but it is also reported to be in negotiations to distribute it through T-Mobile in the US and UK, but these talks are unconfirmed.

The phone is expected to be made by HTC, who produced the first Android phone.

The handset will most likely have a 3.7 inch touch screen, a five-megapixel camera and a removable battery. Data storage may include 512MB of ROM, 512MB of RAM and a removable micro SD card.

These features address the weak points in Apple’s iPhone, the lack of a QWERTY keyboard, its inability to run applications concurrently and a restrictive application distribution system.

Market researcher Gartner last year predicted Android would grow tenfold to feature on 18 per cent of smart phones by 2012. That would put it ahead of Blackberry maker Research in Motion on 13.9 per cent, but behind Nokia’s Symbian’s 39 per cent share.

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