Need to clean up some storage space on your Android phone? You might want to think about moving some apps from main memory to your storage card. If you’re running Android 2.2 and up, many apps include an option that lets you move them manually to the storage card — but other apps do not. For instance, Adobe Flash Player 10.2 insists on hanging out… Read more »

Skyfire has released version 3.0.1 of its popular web browser for Google Android. As you might suspect from a point release, there aren’t a ton of huge differences between Skyfire 3.0 and Skyfire 3.0.1, but there are a few new features that should make the Skyfire experience a bit better — especially for users running Android 2.2 and up. For one thing, you can now… Read more »

It’s been almost two weeks since Verizon started rolling out an over-the-air update for Motorola Droid customers, upgrading the phones to Google Android 2.2 Froyo. The update brought a faster Java compiler, better security features, the ability to install some apps on an SD card, and other features including persistent phone and web browser icons on every home screen. But the version that’s currently rolling… Read more »

Google changed the way it handles streaming audio in Android 2.2 Froyo. Theoretically, the new Stagefright media framework is designed to let you stream high quality codecs over a WiFi connection than it uses when you’re connected to a 2G or 3G network. This sort of makes sense, since you might not want your phone to eat as much bandwidth when you’re using mobile broadband… Read more »

One of the new features in Google Android 2.2 Froyo is the ability to store applications on an SD card, freeing up space on your phone’s main memory. Developers need to enable this feature in their apps, so not every app available can be stored on an SD card, but I’ve already freed up plenty of storage space on my Nexus One by moving a… Read more »

Google recently introduces the capability to push data from a desktop web browser to a phone running Android 2.2. In other words, you can visit a web site using Chrome, Firefox, or another desktop browser, and with a click of a button you can send that page to your phone, where it will automatically open in your mobile browser. No need to touch your phone…. Read more »

The Froyo parade continues. Yesterday HTC Evo 4G users started to report that they were getting over the air updates bringing Google Android 2.2 Froyo to their handsets. Today updates are starting to roll out to Motorola Droid users on Verizon. If you’re not the patient sort, you don’t have to wait for the update to magically appear. Some users have discovered the source of… Read more »

Folks who own an HTC Evo 4G phone are starting to report that they’re receiving over the air updates bringing Google Android 2.2 Froyo to their mobile phones. The update was expected to start rolling out tomorrow, but I guess HTC is on… I don’t know, European time or something. Anyway, this makes the Evo 4G one of the first phones to receive an official… Read more »

Sure, a handful of Google Nexus One users have been rocking Android 2.2 Froyo on their handsets for a few months, but that’s a pretty small percentage of Android users overall. But it looks like the wider Android world is about get a cup full of frozen yogurt soon. Engadget reports that Verizon will be rolling out Android 2.2 for the Motorola Droid next week…. Read more »

The HTC Dream and Magic (also known as the G1 and MyTouch) were two of the first GoogleAndroid powered phones to hit the market. At almost two years old, these models don’t have the speediest processors, the largest amounts of memory, or any other superlative you can think of. But you know what? It turns out they’re powerful enough to handle the recently launched Android… Read more »