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EVO 4G Android 2.2 OS Officially Rolling Out In Over The Air Update

Matt Brandenburg — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:28:33 +0000

As previously promised Android 2.2 is coming in over the air updates to the EVO 4G, This over the air update began just a few hours ago. It also comes with a flashlight app included in the ROM

The Original Verizon Droid Smartphone Getting Android 2.2 Over The Air Update This Week, Missing Features.

Matt Brandenburg — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:30:16 +0000

This is the week that the original Droid will be getting the Android 2.2 update, but it looks like that update won’t be bringing two of the most oft-requested features: tethering and a mobile hotspot. Why’s that? While tethering seems to be simply due to a lack of an app that “isn’t part of this update,” the mobile hotspot issue is a bit more curious — Verizon spokesperson Brenda Raney says that the Droid “doesn’t have [the] hardware to support a mobile hotspot.” No further explanation than that, but we have a sneaking suspicion that Motorola and Verizon aren’t passing over the feature because of a lack of hardware, but because of too much hardware — namely, the Droid 2 and Droid X.

Android Sales Quickly Taking Over US Smartphone Market

Matt Brandenburg — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:10:40 +0000

Googles mobile phone operating system Android is quickly taking over the united states marketplace as the number one mobile operating system used on smartphones. Sales of the Android operating system are up 866% from the second quarter of 2009 and sales are not slowing.

Android 2.2 Rumored To Be Slowly Getting Pushed In Over The Air Updates

Matt Brandenburg — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:05:41 +0000

The Android Platform Gets Stronger! Adobe Avidly Creating Apps For Android! FlashTime by Adobe The FaceTime Competitor!

Matt Brandenburg — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:21:01 +0000

Now that they’re no longer buddy-buddy with Apple, Adobe has apparently set its sights on the Android platform by developing a FaceTime-like video-calling program for phones running the Google OS. The new “FlashTime” app is based on Adobe Air 2.5, which is said to be equal to its desktop Flash brethren. Air 2.5 will give the Flash-based app access to the phone’s microphone and video camera, and will be easily portable to other operating systems. Yeah, there are other programs for Android that already do this, but we have a feeling Adobe’s gonna put a little extra spit-shine on this one.