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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 25, 2010
Not wanting to be left out, Sprint announced this morning that it's working on the Android 2.2 update, and that the Evo 4G will get it. As work on finalizing the software is under way, Sprint expect...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 23, 2010
So the Droid X isn't launching with Android 2.2. That's a bummer. And and it's not going to be available until "late summer." That's what we were told at Verizon's Droid X event, a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 23, 2010
Nexus One users should know the drill by now. Another incremental Froyo build has started rolling out over the air, this time it's build number is FRF83. Is this the fabled "final&quo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 23, 2010
We're all disappointed at this news, but please -- no beating on the messenger. At today's big Verizon Droid X shindig we found out the the Motorola Droid X will be sporting Froyo and Adobe Flas...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2010
Everybody's favorite Googler, Ry Guy, is back in the Nexus One forums to reiterate something -- the FRF72 build of Android 2.2 for the Nexus One that popped up over the weekend is not the "offici...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 21, 2010
Looks like a Motorola shipment might have fallen off the back of a truck, as the guys from Android and Me had an impromptu roadside hands-on with the upcoming Droid 2. On the outside, it's pretty clo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 19, 2010
There have been rumors of an update to the early Froyo build (aka FRF50) that we've been running on our Nexus Ones, and now the download location has leaked out. You can get it straight from Google he...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 17, 2010
Look close. There are Nexus Ones in that picture. Now look a little closer (you do see the phones, don't you?) and you'll see the Froyo launcher on those phones. That's because Korea's number tw...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 17, 2010
Those of you rocking Android 2.2 already should know that Adobe Flash 10.1 has entered beta 3, so you'll want to update it (if you're not having it update automatically). Not sure if anything o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 17, 2010
One of the questions we hear on Twitter and through the contact page most often is "will my phone get Froyo?" I can't blame anyone for asking, or for wanting it, cause all the changes ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 15, 2010
We showed off the new Android Market with the "update all" and "allow automatic updating" earlier, and we've been waiting for an app to come along to talk about this part. I ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 13, 2010
FroYo, FroYo, FroYo. Seems like you can't visit a tech blog or read your Twitter timeline without seeing news about Android 2.2 everywhere. FroYo can do this, FroYo does this 300 percent ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
Adobe Flash is finally coming to Android with the update to Froyo, and quite a few of us have been rocking Android 2.2 for a few weeks now. So let's put it to you, folks. Now that you've actually bee...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
For everybody who's asking us when the Nexus One will get its official update to Froyo, well, we still don't know. But Google employee passion-ate does give us an Android 2.2 update update (see ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 08, 2010
Who says only the latest and greatest Android phones will get Android 2.2? Not T-mobile. HTC already let us know that all their Android devices manufactured this year would be getting a Fr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 05, 2010
There's a new software update from HTC for all of us holding on to the Sprint Hero. This updates the Android 2.1 system from 2.27.651.5 to 2.27.651.6. To get the update, open settings and ...
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by Jared DiPane
Jun 05, 2010
Let's be honest, after having Jerry and Phil break down nearly every new Froyo feature in video, all of us Droid owners have been anxiously awaiting our turn to play around with it. Looks like the fol...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 03, 2010
Attention application developers, Adobe has made the pre-release SDK for Adobe Air that we reported about back in April available for download. Things are still early in the development process,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 03, 2010
This is another one of those times when we say you might well want to leave this to the professionals (or at least those of us too crazy to know better), but here's Froyo running on the Evo 4G. It's...
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by Dallin Hampton
Jun 03, 2010
The Motorola support forums are letting people sign up to receive an e-mail notification of when the highly anticipated Froyo 2.2 update is available for the Droid. Although it’s unlikely that t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 03, 2010
Ex-wife calling you over and over again at midnight? Froyo can't really do anything about that, but it does keep repeat callers from taking up space in your call log. Android 2.2 introduces threa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 02, 2010
[YouTube link]You're going to need a Nexus One (or some other phone with a trackball capable of lighting up in different colors) to take advantage of this feature in Android 2.2, but color trackball n...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 31, 2010
While you're winding down from your three-day weekend, kick your feet up and join us after the break as we re-watch the Android 2.2 keynote address from Google I/O, where Google first showed us the m...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 30, 2010
Seems like only yesterday that we were talking about custom ROMs already being loaded on to the as-yet unreleased (to the public anyway) Sprint Evo 4G. OK, it was only yesterday. And in the orig...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 30, 2010
Surely you didn't think we would forget to show off some Flash did you? Phil and I have been hard at work finding out everything we can about what's new in Android 2.2, and we just saved the big...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
[YouTube link]What's Android without gmail, right? And in Android 2.2, the gmail app has gotten even better, fixing some of our biggest complaints and bringing better account switching, e-mail notific...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Good news for you folks running Froyo who are sorely missing your favorite paid applications from the new and improved Android Market. A fix has actually been around at XDA Developers for a coup...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Android 2.2 Froyo features
Video walkthough
Benchmarking Android 2.2 (Froyo) and the JIT against Android 2.1 (Eclair)
Google Android developer explains more about Dalvik and the...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
The power widget you see here isn't really new in Android 2.2, but it's been tweaked for Froyo. The screen brightness selector now includes an auto brightness setting (using the ambient light sensor) ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
Along with Android 2.2 comes a new version of the Android Market. While we still wish something could be done in regards to content (the Wild West still is in effect), Google's begun to at least...
