Android Froyo Review - Frozen Yogurt by Google
To get things started, the first aspect of improvement is the speed. If you have been Android users for the past months, you should have known by now that Android has a persistent problem of lagging. Fortunately, that is now fixed. As a matter of fact, Android Froyo is able to boost overall performance by 2 to 5 times as much as previous versions of Android.
If you wonder how this is possible, here is how it works. One of the major improvements in Android is the just-in-time compiler. This compiler is developed for Dalvik. This is what makes things really fast in Google's frozen yogurt operating system. Related to the faster performance, Google claims that the battery life is getting a bit better in its Froyo. But don't expect too much!
The next improvement in this Froyo by Google is its browser's support for Adobe Flash technology. If you want to have this on your Android phone, it is optionally downloadable from the Android Market. One good thing - it seems - about the Flash support is that it can be activated when the user wants to do so. This way, the user will not have to wait for Flash scripts to load each time they are about to view web pages. However, there is also one drawback regarding the Flash technology for Android. It is not quite in final release yet. With that being said, Froyo user will not be able to experience what they can usually obtain from their desktop PCs such as H.264 video acceleration.
Now, what about Android Froyo interface? Well, it is still pretty complicated for some. But, one advantage for sure is that, today, the user has the option to protect it with a password. Another change is the interface that is shared by messaging applications and Google Talk. In Google's Android Froyo, these applications share black texts on some kind of purple background. Alright, that's it with the interface. What about other functionalities offered by this particular version of Android?
Speaking of functionalities, Android now enables its user to switch easily from one account to another by simply tapping the name of the account to switch to. The account names themselves are pretty accessible, waiting exactly at the top right hand corner.
Still speaking of functionalities, there are great improvements when it comes to camera applications. There is no more slider that fails every now and then - just like in Google's previous versions of Android. Instead, camera-related functions can now be found upfront.
One thing that we seem to miss in terms of functionalities is the Froyo's connectivity. Well, Froyo can be connected to a PC as means of USB storage. Yet, other connectivity innovation is that the user can now share 3G over their Wi-Fi connection. Unfortunately, only WPA2 security is available. Android versions