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Adobe AIR is now available in Android Market

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So after Adobe announced its first beta back in July, AIR is officially makes it debut in Android Market. Even though the app can be downloaded via Android Market, sadly it will only available for device with Android 2.2 (Froyo.) Also, what you need to keep it in mind, that this is not an AIR app, its just a runtime app to.. well, run AIR application.

I don't know if you can install the desktop AIR application, but currently you can download a couple of AIR apps from Android Market such as, Qrossfire, Jacks or Meteor Storm. In the future, we can expect a lot more of Android Applications (especially games) build with AIR. You could check more details about this from Adobe Labs.

Filed under  //  AIR   Adobe Labs   Android   Android 2.2   Froyo   adobe   adobe air   android app   android apps  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

GMail for Android is now available in Android Market

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So today, Google's just released a new version of GMail app for Android.. via Android Market. It's a bit surprising since Google apps (in this case GMail app), are usually gets an update via Android update. This is a good, since now the GMail app can be updated very easily & very quickly. So what's the new GMail app brings? Well for starters, you'll have the priority inbox (tap menu button, tap view labels), has a "show quoted text" button and also a new floating toolbar that has a set of buttons including the star, reply & more button. Oh, you can also add the Important label as a shortcut in your homescreen.

So I have spill all the good news, so what's the bad news? Well.. the app is only available for Android 2.2, and for some reason I don't think its available for every country yet, I live in Indonesia and had to use Market Enabler to see the app in Android Market. If you're lucky, get it now as the update just made the app more awesome than it already is.

Filed under  //  Android   Android 2.2   Apps   GMail   android apps   android market   gmail app   google   google apps   google mail  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

Motorola Milestone 2 official promo video

Weeks after the launch of Verizon's Motorola Droid 2, lots of us are still wondering, when will Motorola announce the Milestone 2? Well, this commercial video is your answer.

As we already know, Milestone 2 is the GSM version of Motorola Droid 2 and like the Droid 2, Milestone 2 will have the same exact specification, 1GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, hardware QWERTY keyboard and also Android 2.2 blended with MotoBlur. Expect the release of this beast in the near future.

[via: Engadget]

Filed under  //  Android   Android 2.2   motorola   motorola droid 2   motorola milestone 2   video  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

Droid 2 Gets Benchmarked with Android 2.2 on board

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Droid 2 isn't available until sometime later this month, but photos & specs details has been around for a couple of weeks now. So what's next? how about a Quadrant benchmark? As you can see, the Droid 2 which will be launched with Android 2.2 inside shows an amazing results, it clearly has a better score than the Droid X & Samsung Galaxy S (both using Android 2.2) and just nearly surpasses the Nexus One.

Just a reminder, the Droid 2 is the successor of the successful Motorola Droid and will have a pretty much same specification as the Droid X. It boast a 1GHz OMAP processor, 512MB of RAM, 5MP camera, 8GB Internal Storage, a slide out physical keyboard & of course, Android 2.2 combined with MotoBLUR interface.

Filed under  //  Android   Android 2.2   Droid   Droid 2   Motorola Droid   benchmark   motorola   motorola droid 2  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

Android 2.2 is coming to Samsung Galaxy S in September

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According to Samsung UK Mobile twitter account, they tweeted that the international version of Galaxy S will receive the Android 2.2 update in September. About three days ago, the Galaxy S owners could update their device using the leaked update for Android 2.2. But there are reports saying that the update is still very buggy and unstable. Considering all of those stuffs, I think it is safer to wait for the official release on September.

Hopefully, after the update, Samsung also will fix the occasional lag that I had experienced when I'm playing with the Galaxy S at the ICS a couple of weeks ago. We'll keep you posted about it!

Filed under  //  Android   Android 2.2   Froyo   Galaxy S   Samsung Galaxy S   firmware update   samsung   update  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

New Froyo update for Nexus One is now available

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Ever since yesterday, some Nexus One owners apparently received another update for Android 2.2. After the first update (Build number FRF50) then the second update (FRF72) and the last one is FRF83, and now the new update will have build number FRF85B. No news about what improvement the new update brings, but since the update size is pretty small (if you're coming from FRF83), I'm guessing its just a couple of bug fixing.

If you haven't receive the OTA update, you could try browse to Settings > About Phone > System updates. If that doesn't work, you could do it manually, all you need to do is download the required file:

  • If you're coming from build number FRF83, here's the link
  • If you're coming from build number EPE54B, here's the link

After you have download the file, rename it to update.zip then flash it. The 'how-to-flash' instruction is pretty much the same with the one that we have shared before.

[via. AndroidAndMe]

Filed under  //  Android   Android 2.2   Froyo   N1   firmware update   google   manual update   nexusone   ota   ota update  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

Froyo code is dropped into the AOSP

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The wait for Android Devs is over, as Google has finally made the Froyo code available for all. At the Droid X event, Andy Rubin confirmed this news by saying:

Android 2.2 is being open-sourced today. Everyone can start hacking on it right now, and start making it even better.

So what does this means? It means that the official Froyo will be pushed to the Nexus One real soon, it also means that phone manufacturers can now work to merge Froyo with their custom UI (I'm looking at you HTC) and last but not least, now developers can download and start building the Froyo-based ROMs (eg. Cyanogen). YAY!

Filed under  //  AOSP   Android   Android 2.2   google  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

Nexus One Froyo Update FRF72 leaked and available for download

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We're not even have the official Froyo update from Google, yet the update for the Froyo it self has been leaked to the internet. A couple of months back, still fresh in our memory that Froyo is available to download. But apparently it's a beta build and it should only available for certain people. Now thanks to a source at xda-developers, this new update is now available to download and like the previous update, it needs to be installed manually to your Nexus One.

The leaked update requires the FRF50 be installed first before you flash the FRF72. You can check the 'how-to' from here. All in all, this is appeared to be just a minor update, fixes some wireless network and keyboard issues.

Filed under  //  Android   Android 2.2   Froyo   firmware update   google   manual update   nexusone   xda-developers  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

With a little bit of hack, the Nexus One is capable to shoots a 720p video

Man! The guys from the XDA-Developers forum never sleeps aren't they? This time the community presents a hack, which allows you to record a 720p video from your Nexus One. The video is a bit choppy at times and the sound quality is awful, but this is a work in progress so expect a better release in the future.

To apply the hack, you must have a rooted Nexus One and also running CyanogenMod CM 5.0.8test3 along with the Froyo's radio update. If you want to know more about the hack, go here to check it out.

Okay gotta admit, the hack is pretty darn scary.. so if you're not sure what you're about to do, then move along.

Filed under  //  720p   720p video   Android   Android 2.1   Android 2.2   Froyo   HD video   google   hack   nexusone   xda   xda-developers  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono 
 

Your Nexus One haven't got the Android 2.2 OTA update? Do it manually!

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Just a couple of days after the announcement of Android 2.2 Froyo, the update has been rolled out to some of the Nexus One owners. Unfortunately lots of people are saying that they haven't receive any notification about the OTA update, especially if you live outside US. Well not to worry, because now you can update your Nexus One to Android 2.2, manually!

Let me remind you though, this is not for the faint of heart. Requires you to go to your phone recovery mode, then apply the update from there. Oh and one more thing, this is for the non-rooted phone only. If your phone has been rooted, you can try this one, but do it carefully.

Still want to update? Here's the instruction on how to do it,

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Filed under  //  Android   Android 2.2   firmware update   google   howto   manual update   update  
Posted by Bayu Wicaksono