Canada’s biggest CDMA carrier, Telus is reportedly getting the HTC Desire, which the company has relabeled the “Triumph.” Telus’ countdown timer to a major June 8th (which is, incidentally, one day after Steve Jobs‘ expected iPhone 4G/HD keynote) “Unleashing” could very well be for what would be the nation’s best domestic Android 2.1 smartphone. More »

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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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Although it is only in alpha stage right now, and the ROM is horribly buggy and slow, a ROM of Android 2.2 FroYo from XDA Developers is “working” on the Nexus One and Verizon’s Droid Eris. More »

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From Wirebot:

Are tired of all the bragging your iPhone-using friends do over all the amazing games they have available to them through the App Store? Today that bragging stops, well not really, I mean the App Store does have like 1 trillion Apps, but at least you can retort with, “ Yes, that is cool! I also have Hero of Sparta on my Android!” More »

Mobile Syrup is reporting that Telus Canada has snagged the HTC Desire and has rebranded it as the Triumph. US Cellular is releasing the Desire in July, so the likelihood of a similar Canadian launch is high. 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: Looking to take on AT&T;and the iPad, Verizon Wireless Chief Executive Lowell McAdam has told The Wall Street Journal that his company and Google are working on tablets. Whether the device runs Android, a smartphone OS, or Chrome OS, a cloud OS, is not known, but I would rather have the former. Imagine an 8-10″ slate that has 3G and voice calling on Verizon. More »

Google’s Goggles has unbelievable possibilities, but how well does 1.1 work? See a Nexus One try it with two samples: one short phrase and one long paragraph. More »

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BumpTop is software that morphs Windows and Mac OS X desktops into interactive 3D interfaces –it is almost like having a real desktop on your computer. Google has bought out the small group, and the likelihood is that Android and ChromeOS home-screens will soon be in 3D too. More »

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The Nexus One for Europe, as I tend to think of the HTC Desire, is landing on US Cellular in July, but it is being packed with an 8Gb microSD card instead of the 16Gb of some other markets. More »

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