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Google Outlines Feature Set For Android 2.2

Posted by timothy on from the more-android-than-android dept.

evdotorrey writes "Google announced new features and improvements for Android 2.2. New features include Flash and HTML 5 support, faster browser performance using the V8 engine, Microsoft Exchange support, a Portable Hotspot feature that makes your phone a Wi-Fi hotspot, and many more exciting features." An anonymous reader adds some more on the new release, codenamed Froyo: "Google claims the operating system will be from two to five times faster thanks to advances made in the compilers and the Dalvik virtual machine it uses, and how it is ported to new processors and platforms. On the enterprise front the new operating system comes with full support for Microsoft Exchange, including access to the global address book and the ability to translate native security features to mobile handsets. APIs have also been added to allow controls such as the automatic wiping of missing handsets and other remote management features. Google is also making its voice translation and search APIs open to developers, and showed off an application developed for the handset that allowed real time translation from English to French."

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  1. Re:Anonymous Cow by mjwx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even though I've seen these features a hundred times, I can't help but take another peek at what the future without apple in my pocket may hold.

    Every time I to look into my future I find the screen blocked by the sheer amount of cash I have by not having apple in my pocket.

    --
    Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
  2. Re:Anonymous Cow by ElKry · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A crappy browser that makes you look at crappy Flash?

    Independently of how arguable the "crappy browser" part is (I haven't found a better or faster browser for a mobile device yet - maybe my needs are minimal on a minimalistic device?), no one is making you look at anything - you can disable Flash on Android 2.2 and continue your flashless experience, which I will probably do as soon as it's officially rolled out.

  3. Re:No Wonder Why Apple Got Dumped Into 3rd Place by RMH101 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Apple aren't interested in integration: they want you consuming your media through them, they want you to use their services (Mobile Me? Yeah, that was *great*, wasn't it?) whereas Google have a vested interest in users being ultra-connected to any and all third party services.
    Let me ask you: do you think we'll see a) a decrease or b) an increase in the number of ads on iPhone now there's a central mechanism for delivering them, and Apple take a cut?
    App prices are one thing, but to use the iPhone I need iTunes. I need an iTunes account. If I want accessories that work I need Apple ones (put an ID chip in the video out cable? So that instead of a simple $5 cable I now need a $40 Apple version?). If I rent a movie, it expires if I've not watched it for a bit.
    Apple's vision of the future is you slumped on the couch consuming music, tv and video on your iPad, and paying a small premium every single time.