Posts tagged Android 2.2
Android 2.2, “Froyo” Detailed
May 20th
This is a big day for Android users.
Firstly, the platform is growing at an extraordinary rate. It has increased to nearly 30% US market share in less than two years.
The daily run rate is now 100,000 units per day! This is seriously good.
There are 50,000 applications in the Android marketplace. Not all of them are good, but it’s still a huge milestone.
And, recently, Android 2.1 became the most-used version of the OS at 37%. But Android 2.2 is the big news today, and here is what you will see:
- JIT Compiler to speed up non-native apps
- App data backups instead of just app backups
- Much better exchange support
- Built-in wireless tethering and wi-fi hotspot support(!!)
- WAY faster browser
- Flash and AIR support
- Auto-update from Marketplace
- Apps to SD Card support
- Music downloads from the Marketplace (!!)
- Streaming your own non-DRM music from your desktop to Android
- Google TV was announced
- Four new mobile ad types (www.google.com/mobileads)
The SDK has been released already, and the update will start being released to OEM manufacturers in the coming weeks. As for when the Nexus One, Google’s flagship device, will get the update, that is still up in the air. For most people, though, it probably won’t be soon enough!
Android Froyo On Its Way Next Month, 3.1 Next Up?
Apr 21st
Apparently Android 2.2 will be rolled out next month, May 19 to be exact, at the beginning of Google IO, the Google-centric conference kicking off in San Fransisco on the same day. There are already test builds going around, and rumoured features include access to more internal RAM, FM Radio support and OpenGL 2.0 features. The Nexus One will likely get the OS first, but it should be rolled out to more phones as the OS gets more mature.
On the other front, there is a rumour going around that the Sprint HTC EVO 4G will ship with Android 3.1 (see picture), though I think that’s a photoshop and ain’t gonna happen. Take a look at the date: January 25th, on T-Mobile? Why would they be testing 3.1 on a T-Mobile device if it was supposed to go to Sprint, a CDMA carrier? But we’ll have to wait till June to hear about it.
And, while we’re on the subject, the HTC Hero update to 2.1 has been delayed again, this time till an early June timeframe. At this point I think it’s safe to say HTC hasn’t released the update to the wildly popular device as a strategic method to entice HTC fans to update to the Legend, which was released at the beginning of April in the UK and parts of Western Europe.
(via Ubergizmo, via OZCarGuide)
