I got an advance looking at Google ’s in style delicacy for Android phone , Android 2.2(more deliciously know as Froyo ) , on the Nexus One . denote on Wednesday atGoogle I / Oin San Francisco , the update will initially be uncommitted to Motorola Droid and Nexus One possessor in June . Android users will definitely be felicitous with this update , which delivers faster performance , tethering / mobile hotspot and , of course of instruction , Flash support .
Flash Player 10.1: Great for watching video
At last , full Flash supporthas finally arrive on Android . Overall , the whole experience is quite good , but I see a duet of issues in my hand - on . Video playback bet fantabulous on the Nexus One ’s covert . I watch a couple of trailers on the Warner Brothers ’ land site and was impressed with how placid the playback was .
Flash backing brings some big gambling potential to the Android platform . I tested the South Park Studios ’ make - your - own avatar characteristic and was astonied with how rapid the game was . Other game , like a baseball biz on Kongregate ran swimmingly as well . Farmville fans will also be delighted to learn that the ridiculously - habit-forming social networking biz is Flash - based as well . Now you ’ll never get by from your farm .
Of naturally , not all sites were so tight . While the kid ’s educational site Ecoda Zoo looked gorgeous on the Nexus One , it move sorely dull . I seek playing a mates of darling Flash games that are n’t optimized for Mobile River and was disappointed that I could n’t roleplay some of them without a keyboard . For example , with Dino Run , I had to press out the “ quad ” stripe to do a sure action , but I could n’t enter the skin senses keyboard ( the keyboard only comes up when you ’re in a typing field ) .
Interestingly enough , there ’s a shortcut on one of the homescreens to a page with recommended Flash - enabled situation and game including South Park Studios , BBC , Sony Pictures , Armor Games and more . TechCrunchdug up the lists for both the Nexus One and the Droid and channelize out that the two are different . In fact , the list for the Droid is much shorter than the Nexus One ’s .
Missing from all of this Flash action , of track , is Hulu . I was really foiled when I try — and ultimately miscarry — to watch an installment of30 Rockon the Nexus One . According to Adobe , Hulu does not own distribution rights for their content on mobile gadget and therefore can not swarm video to smartphones . With no Hulu on the iPad and no Hulu on your Android speech sound , is n’t sentence for Hulu to develop an app ? allow ’s trust so .
Android 2.2: Faster performance, Wi-Fi HotSpot and tethering
While Flash Player is clearly the biggest update , there are definitely a few gems in the update . I did some side - by - side tests with a Nexus One running 2.1 and decently off the squash racket , I notice how much riotous 2.2 is . aboriginal apps launch quicker and scrolling through Web page felt smoother on my 2.2 Nexus One .
I ’m not sure how the carriers will handle this , but I was able to release my T - Mobile Nexus One into a fluid hotspot via T - Mobile without any issue . Tethering also worked without any take with T - Mobile .
One of the biggest weakness with Android was the unfitness to download apps to your microSD card ; you had to resort to using your precious inner memory . Now , with the 2.2 update , you could store your apps on a microSD plug-in .
Finally , there are also a few pernicious cosmetic tweak in the update . On the homescreen , there are three permanent shortcut to the dialer app , the app carte and the internet browser . Éclair ( 2.0/2.1 ) only has a shortcut to the Menu app . Other than that , 2.2 looks fairly exchangeable to 2.1 .
The next kickshaw for Android fans is Gingerbread , coming in Q4 of 2010 .
