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Android 2.2 (Froyo) features

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Re: Android 2.2 (Froyo) features

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Post by theBobMcCormick »

romland wrote: post #8
machrider wrote: post #6

Has there been any update on the Nexus Two rumors from a month or two ago? I want an Android phone and I'm tempted to get the Nexus One, but I don't want it to instantly be obsolete... Recommendations?

I picked up the HTC Desire a few weeks back and I have never been happier with a phone, I would sincerely recommend it. It runs Android 2.1 out of the box. http://www.htc.com/www/product/desire/overview.html I have to say, though, it actually looks better in real than it does on the pictures, if looks is anything you care about. Not sure how HTC botched the pictures, can't really put my finger on it.

The Nexus One is the same way. It looks kind of plastic and cheap in pictures, but is damn good looking in person. A couple of the iPhone users at work have commented that it's the first non-iPhone phone that they've been tempted by.

Re: Android 2.2 (Froyo) features

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Post by wmf »

eli wrote: post #19
wanderr wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, I had no idea! Thanks for the summary. :)

Yup, seems like a really clever way to give developers a familiar language with a huge library without having to make a deal with Sun (err Oracle) for a JVM license

The clever part is getting anyone to believe that a VM with the exact same semantics as Java doesn't infringe Java patents.

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Post by sandGorgon »

psyklic wrote: post #21
ebiester wrote: post #3

I'm worried about developer-side automatic update. I can think of more than a few times where I wouldn't want such an update, or bad things that a developer could do to a user. As a developer, I'd like it, but I'm not so sure as a user.

True, but currently I have fifteen apps that say they have updates, and I am by no means a heavy app user. To update them (which requires FOUR clicks per app) is a waste of my time, to be quite honest. Yes, I am incurring a slight risk (depending on whether the apps I d/l are trusted), but I for one would be more than happy to automate this part of my life. For the cautious users, perhaps there could be a "wait x day…

it is actually quite surprising that an update all button is not available in Android.

I did'nt know until you mentioned it here.

Fail!

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Post by teilo »

dschobel wrote: post #16

Here's hoping for a software fix for the N1's crappy multi-touch: http://androidandme.com/2010/03/news/is-multitouch-broken-on...

It has been working great for me. Course, I am using Cyanogen's ROM, so that might be part of it.

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Post by danh »

teilo wrote: post #14
wanderr wrote: post #12

Can anyone elaborate on how JIT is new to 2.2 and how that compares to how <=2.1 handles it? I haven't touched Java in ages, but I thought JIT was a fundamental part of how Java works, so I'm a bit confused.

Android does not have a JVM. While Android applications are written in Java, and initially compiled to Java bytecode, that bytecode is then translated into Davlik bytecode, and saved to a compact .dex executable, and run in the Davlik virtual machine. The Davlik virtual machine is quite different from the JVM. It is optimized for small devices. It is register-based rather than stack-based. It does not (currently) inc…

Very true, except that it's called Dalvik.
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