Watch a video that explains some Android 2.0′s capabilities.

To me Google’s Android platform is the next best mobile operating system platform to iPhone OS. Now Google has unveiled the next version of Android, dubbed Android 2.0 which would be officially released in November. In the mean time developers can download the SDK and start developing applications targeting Android 2.0 platform.

Here are some interesting features of Android 2.0,

• Integration of facebook friends with Contacts.
• Faster and improved web browser with support for HTML5 standard.
• Universal Search.
• Support for Microsoft Exchange.
• Support for multitouch.
• Maps now supports Layers.
• YouTube widget.
• Camera
• • Built-in flash support
  • Digital zoom
  • Scene mode
  • White balance
  • Color effect
  • Macro focus
• Improvements to Messaging app.
• Combined email inbox to enable viewing of messages from multiple accounts simultaneously.
• More responsive and improved virtual keyboard.

Here is a video that nicely sums up the capabilities of Android 2.0.