Hasta La Gadget!

Sometimes it’s good to be the chosen child, the special one, and in the eyes of Google the Nexus One is that special phone — at least for the moment. As such it seems to have been given a special treat: access to Froyo, earlier than expected. TechCrunch‘s MG Siegler is reporting that his handset received Android 2.2 overnight. So far we’re not hearing too many other reports of folks seeing this update, but that could be thanks to everyone sleeping off a week of exciting announcements. Sound off in comments if you’re waking up to this frosty, low-calorie snack.

Update: We’re not sure how this is being rolled out, as hardly anyone is seeing updates, but via Droidnytt we found a number of reports on Twitter that people are indeed seeing the update.

Update 2: Count us among the lucky few who just received the OTA Froyo update, to our original T-Mobile-based device.

Update 3: We’ve done some additional investigation, and as far as we can tell, Google is only updating review Nexus Ones that had been provided to the press — not off-the-shelf phones. We’ll stay on this and let you know more as soon as we do.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Android 2.2’s Froyo goodness hitting the Nexus One already? (update: just press so far) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 May 2010 06:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Why, thanks Google! Just a day after wrapping up a rather monumental Google I/O event in Northern California, the company’s official show Twitter account has belted out a tidbit that just about every attendee was wondering about. According to the outfit, Android 2.2 (yeah, that’s Froyo for the inexperienced) will be “made available to OEMs and the open source community in the coming weeks,” and it’ll be hitting up the HTC-built Nexus One in the “next few weeks.” That’s music to our ears, and if you’re unsure what kind of impact this will have on your own life, feel free to take a deep dive into this right here.

[Thanks, Alex]

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Android 2.2 coming to Nexus One, open source community ‘in the coming weeks’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 May 2010 16:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Whew, Google really knows how to pack it in. Two days of Google I/O and we’ve got enough info on the future of the web, phone, and television to write a couple sci-fi novels and retire. Of course, we aren’t just bystanders here: we’ve also gotten our hands on the latest version of Android (2.2, codenamed Froyo) and put its through its speedy paces. You can catch up on all the action below.

Liveblog

• Live from the Google I/O 2010 day 2 keynote!

Google TV

• Clicker.tv brings streaming internet video to your TV’s browser; it has a web browser right?
• Google TV turns on at I/O: runs Android and Flash, partnered with Sony, Logitech, and Intel
• Sony Internet TV, DISH first with Google TV this fall; Adobe, Logitech and others along for the ride
• CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Sony’s Sir Howard says ‘when you beat Apple, you’re dominating’
• Logitech’s Google TV companion box includes smartphone apps, we go eyes-on (updated: video!)

Android Froyo

• Foxconn’s Tegra 2-powered Android tablet hands-on (video)
• Google’s Larry Page says there’s ‘something wrong’ if your Android phone’s battery doesn’t last all day
• Android Gingerbread is ‘planned for Q4 2010’
• Android 2.2 Froyo officially announced
• Google claims Froyo has the world’s fastest mobile browser
• Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ beta hands-on: Flash 10.1, WiFi hotspots, and some killer benchmark scores
• Flash 10.1 for Android beta unveiled: Hulu a no-show, Froyo now a minimum requirement
• Google adding over-the-air app installation and iTunes streaming to Android
• Android 2.2 SDK goes live, developers likely unable to crash Google’s download server

Web tech

• Google Wave opens doors to public, asks old friends for new chance
• Google launches open WebM web video format based on VP8 (update: hardware partners and Microsoft statement)
• Google partnership has GM OnStar exploring Maps, open APIs and more
• Google unveils Chrome web store, Sports Illustrated app impresses
• OnStar reveals mystery partner: Google
• mSpot stores your music* in the cloud, makes it available anywhere**

Google I/O recap: more web than you can shake a frozen dessert at originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 May 2010 10:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, who saw this coming? Froyo — yes, the one and only Android 2.2 that got released via SDK today — has already begun its grand voyage into hacky, totally unofficial device ROMs that are available to unhealthily brave users. The two we’ve got for your perusal here are for the Nexus One (of course) and Verizon’s Droid Eris, of all things; our understanding is that both of them are ridiculously unstable and unpractical for actual use at this point, but it’s patently obvious that these guys aren’t going to sleep until there are some solid firmware binaries on the interwebs. Mountain Dew Code Red and bottles of No-Doz, fellas.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Android 2.2 ROM inevitably falls victim to device ports originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 23:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google is done playing catch-up. Today they’re setting the agenda: With Android Froyo, Google TV, mobile ads and streaming media, Google isn’t just matching Apple—they’re taking the lead. More »