{"id":567402,"date":"2010-05-17T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T21:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"tag:betanews.com,2007:article-1274129527"},"modified":"2010-05-17T17:10:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T21:10:46","slug":"android-2-2-rumors-blazing-speed-tethering-full-flash-support-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/567402","title":{"rendered":"Android 2.2 rumors: blazing speed, tethering, full Flash support, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betanews.com\/author\/tim\">Tim Conneally<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betanews.com\">Betanews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year at Google I\/O, the search company&#8217;s annual developer conference, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betanews.com\/article\/Google-shows-off-Android-20\/1243526515\" title=\"Google shows off Android 2.0\">we got the first look at Android 2.0, also known as &#8220;Eclair.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/events\/io\/2010\/\" >Google I\/O 2010 will begin<\/a>, and we&#8217;re sure to see the next version of Google&#8217;s mobile operating system: Android 2.2, also known as &#8220;FroYo.&#8221; Last week, the telltale <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betanews.com\/article\/Android-20-features-revealed\/1256663721\" title=\"Android 2.0 features revealed\">giant dessert-themed sculpture<\/a> representing 2.2 was rolled out onto the lawn of Google&#8217;s Mountain View headquarters, just as they have before previous versions were released. <\/p>\n<p>Right now, there are no official announcements regarding the content of Android 2.2, but recent rumors have suggested that there will be three killer upgrades in FroYo which I personally hope we get to see in action this week. These three improvements are:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Android Tethering\" alt=\"Android Tethering\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/images.betanews.com\/media\/5000.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tethering &#8212; The ability to turn any Android phone running 2.2 into a USB 3G modem or into a 3G Wi-Fi hotspot.<\/li>\n<li>Full Flash Support &#8212; The addition of Flash 10.1 that both Google and Adobe have repeatedly mentioned could finally equip Android with a full, desktop-style Flash experience.<\/li>\n<li>450% speed boost &#8212; A site called Android Police tested the Dalvik virtual machine in FroYo with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2010\/05\/11\/exclusive-androidpolice-coms-nexus-one-is-running-android-2-2-froyo-how-fast-is-it-compared-to-2-1-oh-only-about-450-faster\/\" >benchmark software called Linpack<\/a>, the build on a Nexus One tested at 6.5-7 MFLOPS versus an older build on an older HTC Hero which only hit 2 MFLOPS.\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Frogurt is also Cursed.\" alt=\"The Frogurt is also Cursed.\" height=\"397\" width=\"532\" src=\"http:\/\/images.betanews.com\/media\/4999.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of other new features rumored to be included in Android 2.2, which are a bit less flashy. These include: More free RAM, a JIT compiler (a.k.a. &#8220;Just In Time&#8221; compiler, allows higher-speed code execution,) improved access to the OpenGL ES 2.0 library, FM Radio support, developer access to color LED in trackball, and improved <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/03\/news\/is-multitouch-broken-on-the-nexus-one\/\" >cross-multitouch resolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Again, none of these have been confirmed, but they are all plausible and would be welcome additions to the platform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betanews.com\">Copyright Betanews, Inc. 2010<\/a><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:a67fb693bdfd4257afb8fb0e6770478b:bSXA%2BxyK2hqkymJuvDmERoXt16SSlA1XoDzWCC3BaR%2FB1x1pPsmjsM0bQnU5XPhRF0VEmsKGVMdd7A%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/digg_64x16.png'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; 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