At Google I/O, much was made about Android 2.2 FroYo’s behemoth speed increase over Eclair. Thanks to the JIT compiler, the unofficially available FroYo ROM is already 600% faster than fully optimized Eclair. More »

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HTC has confirmed that the Droid Incredible, Evo 4G, MyTouch Slide, and Desire are on the priority list to receive Android 2.2 updates, but none of them is getting the new OS until the second half of this year. Although HTC has not made a statement about 2009 models, the adverb that “most” 2010 units will get FroYo indicates to me that there is no chance for the likes of the G1, MyTouch 3G, and Droid Eris since not “all” 2010 smartphones will be upgraded. More »

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Very little happened today at Google I/O, but greeting all comers to the show is a glass display case filled with all Android smartphones of past, present, and future. More »

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Today’s Google I/O event features this official t-shirt, which contains 5 QRCodes that are presently inoperative. Try them later today and prepared to be dazzled! More »

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From Ziggytek: Ryan Stewart’s Adobe Flash 10.1 video demonstration is in fact running off Google’s unreleased Android 2.2 “Froyo” operating system. Not only will the latest Android OS be manifold faster than Eclair 2.1, but it will also have USB tethering and a Wi-Fi hotspot feature. More »

From Ziggytek: Make it “Photo and Video of the Day.” What you are staring at is rumored to be Google’s Android 2.2 “Froyo” operating system running on a Nexus One. One of the benefits (or blights, depending on your allegiances) of Google’s next smartphone OS is that Adobe Flash 10.1 is integrated. If this clip is genuine and is not simply a modified Android 2.1 or earlier ROM (I am not cognizant of an existing Android ROM that can run full Flash this well), then Ryan Stewart, the video’s uploader and self-professed Adobe “evangelist,” makes a cogent argument for Flash and Froyo. More »

Adobe declares that Flash 10.1 will be previewed at Google I/O in May, and that the public can look for a working release in June…but only if you have an ARMv7 or faster Android 2.1 smartphone, so most of us are out of luck. More »

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Did you really think that Dell was not going to enter the smartphone market? Tonight, Dell makes a splash and leaks three remarkable Android smartphones that do not run 2.1 Eclair…no…but Android 2.2 “Froyo.” More »

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