Honeycomb: Up close with Google’s Android 3.0 for tablets (video)

Google showed off more details of its Android 3.0 operating system for tablet computers today, code-named Honeycomb. We had a chance to get up close to see some of the new features such as a better way of presenting email, videos, music and home screen via rich graphics.

Honeycomb is Google’s attempt to catch up with Apple’s iPad tablet and fuel a host of Android-based rivals. If it takes off, Apple will have some serious competition in the fast-growing tablet market, which Apple dominated in 2010. We took a bunch of video at today’s Android 3.0 event at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

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As you can see from the picture of the user interface for YouTube, running on the Motorola Xoom tablet above, Honeycomb gives tablets a much more visually appealing, touchscreen-focused user interface. Honeycomb tablets can take advantage of 3D hardware acceleration and dual-core ARM-based microprocessors.

Check out the video walk-through of some key features of Honeycomb below. You’ll see new features such as fragments, the action bar and the home screen.