Details of what features FireMonkey (FMX) inside the NEW Delphi Rad Studio XE2 contains?

Question

I\'ve heard that Delphi\'s NEW Rad Studio XE2 has something called FireMonkey that will allow the same code to build Windows 32, Windows 64 and

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Rad Studio XE2 Launch Event Report

Summary from the blog

• FireMonkey – a scalable vector graphics based GUI framework exploiting GPU capabilities for hardware accelerated cross platform GUI’s.

• Cross-Platform support – Target Win32 and Win64 with single-source VCL applications or Win32, Win64 and MORE using FireMonkey.

• iOS support for native code FireMonkey apps !! – Yes folks – use Delphi to build iPhone and iPad apps that even Steve Jobs will be happy to have in his Store!

• LiveBindings – a way to create ‘live” relationships not just between objects but between individual properties of objects.

• Native Android apps – using PhoneGap in RadPHP

• Native Android apps – to come in the future for Delphi (as well as Linux)

• DataSnap client proxy generation – for Android, .NET, Objective-C, Blackberry, iOS etc etc

• Starter Edition will be available right from the start along with Pro, Enterprise and Architect.

• ALL platforms supported by the cross-platform capabilities will be in ALL editions, including Starter!

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Firemonkey in Action Video