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Apr 10

Android 2.2 spotted in analytics data, running on Magic?

Hero owners, look away now. Google’s Froyo appears to be almost ready to exit the freezer and enter handsets on an official basis.

…except into the Messaging app. I have SMS Backup and Restore, but again, it’s an extra step to transfer to a new device or flash.6. Optional unified volume control. Some like the different volume settings for ringer and media and notification. I don’t. Again I have this solved via Cyanogen, but it should be a toggle within the OS.7. Better media format support. We’ve got 1Ghz phones for crying out loud. Give us FLAC and DivX/Xvid. FLAC is a no brainer, it’s open source. Converting DivX to MP4 blows. Other Android devices have it via proprietary add-ons, it’s time to contemplate putting it into the OS, costs withstanding.8. APPS TO SD LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. Even if this had a blatant warning that less than a Class 6 card may cause performance issues, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add this in. I’m maxing out at around 100 apps because I don’t have a class 6 card and would rather not take the chance on the community app2SD options. Also, think long and hard about possibly having the app partition structure rewritten, so…

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Feb 10

Official: Amazon MP3 comes on G1 Android phone!

It’s true, Amazon just announced that its MP3 music store will be pre-loaded on the T-Mobile G1 Android / Google phone. Users will be able to search, download, buy, and play music from Amazon MP3 — that’s a selection of 6 million DRM-free MP3 songs from all four labels and many independents on a pre-loaded Amazon application.

…don’t think the apples doesn’t have to worry. Google’s app store is going to have more apps for it in less time than apple has. In addition, apple has to “check out” all apps before they are loaded on your little iphone or ipod. My girlfriend has an ipod and since she loaded a couple of appz, it has been giving her problems and not playing all of her song. Google has made a true opens source phone. So much so that many of the companies out there building phones are clamering around google right now to get a Android based phone out on the market.Also, their phones are tied to one design. Within 3 years, Android will probably pass Apple in the OS arena. Now that they’ve added Amazon, you can surely bet that Apple understands the threat from this OS.Besides, you don’t even have a landscape qwerty and you locked to an OS that is truly not open source. So don’t be butt hurt that….

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Feb 10

Is Android really open? Really?

Am I being naive? Should I stop worrying and embrace The Google Experience? And conversely, can I use an Android device without it?

…Just so you know, today’s post is more questions than answers. I’ll state up front that I’ve never owned an Android device, nor have I used one for more than a few minutes at at time.
Simply put, I want to know if The Google Experience is intrinsic to the Android mobile OS.
According to Gil Bouhnick at The Mobile Spoon, Android comes in three variants:

The Google Experience is the most sophisticated version, with all the Google goodies pre-loaded inside with the Google logo. In addition, this version comes with unrestricted access to the Android market.
Strings Attached: Manufacturers sign a distribution agreement with Google and pre-install the Google applications. The OS, however, does not carry the Google logo.
Google-free: The free version of the Android OS without any sign of the Google mobile apps. UI and applications can vary from one phone to another.

And yet, I’ve never heard of any Google-free Android handset for sale in any market. Add this to the fracas over version 1 of the famous Cyanogen…

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