While Adobe evangelist Ryan Stewart wants us to focus on Flash 10.1 performance -- admittedly impressive -- running on his Nexus One, we can't help but be distracted by the Android 2.2 "Froyo" build apparently supporting his device. Can you blame us? It's
not like we're alone with
waning interest in Flash,
especially for video playback. Anyway, from the looks of the homescreen in the grab above, we'll be treated to an updated launcher, Android tutorial, and global search box when the OS is revealed (presumably) at Google I/O starting May 19. And with the giant Froyo statue apparently already delivered to the
GooglePlex's confectionary art show, well, the stage is set for 2.2 to be launched in time for Adobe's planned
June release of Flash 10.1. Get your glimpse into the future of Flash and Android in the video after the break.
Update: How much faster is a Nexus One running Froyo? 450 percent faster, according to the
Android Police. They claim to have a device running the as-yet-unreleased firmware that can perform over 37 million floating-point operations per second in the
Linpack benchmark... compared to about 7 megaflops without. Oh yeeaaah.
[Thanks, Taylor]
posted May 11th 2010 11:10PM
@big nazty The Hero was released in around July '09. I accept tech moves quickly but it's annoying as a consumer : /
so the Droid will be updated to 2.2 some time in....... (shake magic 8 ball) August.
@xdreamer And the UK Milestone will be updated in... *shakes 8 ball* february 2011!
450 percent faster but still not magical
Ok, how would the device differentiate between "hover" and "click"?
You can tell I'm not a left er west coaster.... I had no idea until this week that Froyo was a dessert option!
Thank you Google for expanding my dessert slang vocabulary.
Go Habs Go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F3HUYV6itY
Comparison with an N900 @ 900Mhz with Flash 9.4
This is fantastic! Finally the full web experience! This plus Android being the number 2 mobile OS! Good times!
Froyo on EVO sounds tasty
Wow, that is beautiful. As some one that is more in support of flash than HTML5 (not to say HTML5 isn't the future, but at this very moment, flash is still better) I am really glad to see they have gotten it this smooth on a mobile device.
I want some Froyo already.....mmmmmmm, going to be delicious!!!
damn you androids!!! LMAO!
Flash has had it's problems, but this is impressive.
Too bad google just announced its not selling the Nexus One anymore. The "iPhone Killer" is dead. And so eventually will Flash!
People, don't get too excited. I think Jobs will develop html5 developer tools soon just so people would shut the hell up about how they don’t know how to do things in html5. It would also kill Flash once and for all since they’re incompetent and don’t know the develop the html5 developer tools in the first place as Jobs instructed.
i hate when people smack when they talk. so fucking annoying.