Android 2.2 (Froyo) features

From the screenshot (of dubious authenticity) I saw on a different website, it seemed like the automatic updates was a setting that the user controls per app. There are still some problems with automatic updates (as there also are with non-automatic updates), but at least the control is relatively fine-grained.

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 days after release before update" option.

I'd be happy with an "Update All" button.

There was a streaming music app not too long ago that accidentally wiped people's SD cards entirely if the update was installed. Definitely glad I waited a few days and checked the comments before updating.

It would be nice if they added a few options, I would like to see a "don't notify me about updates" checkbox. If an app is working fine and not a security risk (much more likely on android), then I don't want it to bug me.

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) include a JIT compiler.

"I thought JIT was a fundamental part of how Java works, so I'm a bit confused."

Suns JDK has had JIT since 1.2 (J2SE in marketspeak), but it is not a prerequisite for Java. It just speeds things up (after a short pause for compile to native).

I used multi-touch only once or twice but it seemed to work as expected in maps and browser on my N1.

When i first got multitouch on the G1 i was pretty much underwhelmed, everyone with an iPhone told me "but it doesn't do multi touch!". And then? What i never thought of.. Why would i want to use two hands to operate my mobile when every app has good means to zoom, etc. with only one hand. Most overrated feature on phones nowadays, imo.

I guess others use multi touch a lot.. but well.. for me..

Anyway, how do i see this non-working multi touch in a real app, again? Because.. well, if this bug would be as bad as the movie makes it look like, a test at HTC would have found it instantly before production.

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

It's a hardware limitation. The touchscreen used in the N1 is a Synaptics ClearPad 2000 (http://www.synaptics.com/solutions/products/clearpad) which is capable of dual-touch at best (can't really differentiate the two fingers).

Still a great phone, though.

umm, people disagree that it's broken? I don't get downvotes.

I believe it's been fixed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWPsM2EdXPw&feature=playe...

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.

I don't follow Android phones that closely, but the HTC Incredible[1] and HTC Evo[2] both look very nice, I'm not sure of the details but it looks like the Incredible is Verizon and the Evo is Sprint...?

[1] http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/

[2] http://www.geekogle.com/2010/htc-evo-the-soon-to-be-released...

Err, just because a newer more powerful phone come out doesn't mean the older one is obsolete! The Nexus One is still more powerful than almost every Android phone that's been released or announced so far.

As I see it, the top Android phones on each US provider currently are:

* Tmobile - N1

* ATT - N1 (actually, the only decent Android choice on ATT so far is the N1)

* Verizon - HTC Droid Incredible

* Sprint - HTC EVO.

For those who absolutely insist on a hardware keyboard, the only decent options I know of are the Moto Droid on Verizon, and the upcoming MyTouch Slide on Tmobile. Both are less powerful than the phones listed above, but the Moto Droid is still a pretty darn nice phone (particularly after the recent update to 2.1), and the MyTouch Slide looks like it'll be the next best hardware keyboard option.

(HTC Desire looks nice also, it's almost identical to the N1. But I haven't heard confirmation of it landing on a US carrier yet. :-( )

I don't think you have much to worry about, the N1 is hardly going to become obsolete the moment a better Android phone comes out. My droid wasn't obsoleted by the N1 and likely won't be obsoleted by an N2 either; afaik there aren't any apps that require an N1 or even run poorly on the Droid.

I want mouse too! My phone should/could be a little VNC/KVM type device for many computers

Have you tried Sense on a current gen device? The experience leapfrogs iPhone.

The HTC Desire does, but it already works there. Most people are speculating that this is one of the "secrets" Google claims is still hiding away in the Nexus One, given that the Desire and the N1 are basically the same inside, and their Broadcom chipset's specs include FM receiver/transmitter.

It's on the HTC Incredible running 2.1 and it works today. I believe it's on others too.

I feel the same way as you do... until I realized that for the vast majority of consumers

FM <<<<<<< Pandora = Last.fm

Yeah. Although how this is supposed to be an improvement over cupcake is anyone's guess.