Besides giving away an HTC EVO 4G to all attendees, here’s the big news announced about Android 2.2 Froyo at Google IO today:
Features Announced At Google IO
- Just-in-Time compiler confirmed
- Microsoft Exchange integration including auto-discovery and remote wipe
- New services just as data backup APIs for carriers to move your data from one device to another
- Tethering announced for Wifi and USB, shown in demo, pokes fun at iPad; no word on whether carriers can disable it
- 2x-3x performance boost in the Browser, new Javascript engine is SO much faster
- Optimizations for using the camera, orientation (accelerometers) within the browser
- Speech control and recognition is so much smoother, including Mandarin and Japanese, including speech recognition to make phone calls
- Real-time language translation
- Announced support for Flash Player 10.1 Public Beta and AIR developer pre-release, showed Flash working on Nickelodeon
- New ways to work with apps:
- Finding new apps (app search)
- Searching data within apps (showed Mint.com app search)
- Installing to SD memory with a “Move to SD card” button within the Application Info screen, demoed Need for Speed game
- Update All and Auto-Update confirmed
- Bug reporting, can view stack trace online
- Sneak peak of new Android Marketplace, because demo user is logged in, you can view your installed apps and over-the-air app sync
- New Marketplace feature: over-the-air music sync
- Sync your Android device with your iTunes library to live-stream your music to your device
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