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 »

Verizon has released the official Android 2.2 update for the Motorola Droid X smartphone. In order to grab the update, just fire up the Settings menu on your phone, go to About, and then select System Updates and follow the instructions. Among other things, the software update includes: Adobe Flash Player 10.1, which comes preloaded Faster JavaScript performance Ability to rotate the display 270 degrees… Read more »

Two developments are rocking the world of Android geeks who happen to use the shiny new Droid X smartphone. First, a hacker figured out how to create a ClockworkMod recovery for the Droid X. If you don’t know what that means, here’s the short version: The Droid X was first rooted shortly after it came out. That means users can gain root access to settings… 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 »