Posts Tagged ‘Android 2.2’
HTC Desire Froyo: Android, 2.2 Will Bring Enhanced Performance
Although authoritatively Froyo has not yet been made obtainable for the HTC Desire and many other android handsets. Press release from ARM has stated that the newest edition of Android 2.2 brings numerous performance updates for the handset as the operating system exploits the ARM architecture.
While the Snapdragon Processor has comparable architecture to that of the Cortex A8 we can anticipate analogous or more performance from the Snapdragon processor installed in the HTC Desire.
In Android 2.2 Google’s recent compiler Dalvik JIT Compiler generates native Thumb 2 code which can enhance performance to the Java application framework and perk up application performance resulting in greater battery life.
Moreover the hottest version enabled data processing parallelization to accelerate various functions like multi-media playback and graphics rendering. This will allow developers to produce performance intensive applications which can be 3D gaming and VoIP clients.
Also users can expect improved JavaScript performance and page rendering speeds in the latest version of Android Operating System for mobile devices.
This upgrade will be actually worth for HTC handset customers who loved the handset but had been disillusioned with the battery life of the phone.
Nexus One Android OS 2.2 upgrade obtainable now
At the Google I/O 2 days back we heard the statement of the novel operating system for Android handsets, specifically Android OS 2.2, universally dubbed Froyo. Yesterday in an editorial we told you how fluky HTC Droid Incredible owners will be able to upgrade to the recent OS, and also how customers queuing up for the HTC Evo 4G, out on June 4, will also be able to upgrade.
Today comes news however that the upgrade is now accessible already for Google’s own Nexus One smartphone, according to Ed Hardy over on Brighthand. Ok so it’s hardly surprising that it would be the first to get the upgrade but it’s still pretty quick after the announcement was made, so all you Nexus One owners should be very happy, particularly with the quicker speeds.
For those of you who don’t already know about the Android OS 2.2 you can look here for some of the attributes but a swift rundown comprises joining and mobile hotspot plus gadgets run on Flash 10.1. The Nexus One came in for some condemnation recently when Google stopped selling it from its online store and put it in the hands of trade outlets, but it’s still a good all-round phone with 3.7-inch AMOLED display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera and it supports T-Mobile or AT&T service.