Android Froyo.

[PinkoCommie]

You can grab android 2.2 if you have a Nexus One.

Paul @ Modaco has worked his magic an you can install it from recovery over any other rom. No need to go back to stock/unrooted!

He'll have a release for the Desire in the next couple of days (and the Desire Nexus port)

There have been reports of upto 450% speed increase in Linpack benchmarks!!!

I have a feeling that when its released as an OTA update for Desire users that there may be a hell of a lot of defections from the iPhone unless the next iPhone does something spectacular.

 

[oliver.james]

Hoping it won't take long for HTC to get sense ui sorted for 2.2 so the OTA update comes quickly :approve:

 

[daydotz]

be interesting to see if they pull one off for the x10 handy link

 

[PinkoCommie]

Hoping it won't take long for HTC to get sense ui sorted for 2.2 so the OTA update comes quickly :approve:

I expect the Modaco version will be out waaaaay before an OTA.

 

[oliver.james]

I expect the Modaco version will be out waaaaay before an OTA.

Sadly, I imagine so! Seem to remember reading something with the Hero where an update took months! lol

 

[PinkoCommie]

Well, I'm now running FroYo on my Nexus.

Exchange sync now supports Calander (and remote exchange profiles/remote wiping etc). Comes with WiFi tethering. Now has 270 degree screen rotation. (so it doesn't matter which way up you hold it in landscape mode).

There is now an option to install apps to the SD Card without having to root and install Apps2SD or similar (though the apps have to support it).

Can install Flash 10.1, so no more flash-lite.

I can't wait until the custom versions start comming out.

Oh, and as for speed increases, my Linpack score on 2.1 was 6.994 MFlops, linpack on 2.2 is 33.623 MFlops.

 

[PinkoCommie]

Well flash 10.1 seems to work OK. At the moment you don't seem to be able to make it full screen, so you have to zoom the page its contained in around it. But it'll play flash-video without a hitch.

What's nice is that if you type the address "about:debug" into the address bar, then go to settings, you can change the User-Agent header string from android to Desktop so you don't get auto-redirected to mobile sites. Very handy if trying to watch p**n on the go.