what features will froyo do for the x

[tbdbuckeyeitl]

What will the features or updates be for froyo

 

[greydarrah]

Processor is supposed to run faster, but I think the biggest new thing will be Flash.

 

[mflynn]

Froyo introduces a technology called JIT compiler or Just In Time compiler. Android apps/system uses a highly customized version of java and like any version of java, its an interpreted language, in that as each instruction is processed, its compiled into machine code. JIT does this at once for an app at execution time instead of doing it during the execution, thus increasing the performance on an order of magnitude.

Froyo, also enhances its exchange support to play better with enterprise emails, they've also tweaked the home page, and other areas.

moto, I'm sure will add their spin on it, and touch up moto blur a bit to make it even better on 2.2 then 2.1

 

[tallydawg#AC]

After watching the 2.2 video I believe the notifications for Facebook and other apps will start working like they should. Then again, I could be understanding the API's incorrectly.

 

[SouthernSaltine]

After watching the 2.2 video I believe the notifications for Facebook and other apps will start working like they should. Then again, I could be understanding the API's incorrectly.

I hope the Notification start working on Facebook. I HATE THIS ABOUT MY X. all i want is to be notified when someone comments to me so i am not constantly refreshing the app..... I do not miss my BB storm at all, but i do miss my instant notifications! Lets hope 2.2 fixes.

 

[rjdangerous]

I hope the Notification start working on Facebook. I HATE THIS ABOUT MY X. all i want is to be notified when someone comments to me so i am not constantly refreshing the app..... I do not miss my BB storm at all, but i do miss my instant notifications! Lets hope 2.2 fixes.

Don't you get an email?

 

[Stang68]

Yeah, I just get an email from Facebook...just as instant as it was on Blackberry.

 

[fecurtis]

Don't you get an email?

You do, but like SouthernSaltine noted, it was better on BBOS when you would get a notification directly from the native Facebook app and could directly and instantly go to the notification.

 

[SouthernSaltine]

You do, but like SouthernSaltine noted, it was better on BBOS when you would get a notification directly from the native Facebook app and could directly and instantly go to the notification.

exactly!. I had to turn off the email notification because it was clogging my inbox. i was constantly having to delete the emails. I don't like this. I want a instant notification that takes me to the comment, on the app itself not an email i have to delete. BBOS did have that going for it, but that's about it. i would hope. 2.2 would make this possible.

 

[VDoubleUVR6]

And what was nice on the BB facebook was it deleted the messages from your email inbox. Now on the X I had to go into facebook and turn off all email notifications.

 

[largeselection]

Some of the little adjustments are great too. For example in the gmail app there is a button in the upper right hand (where it has your gmail account name) and you can push it to select a different gmail account. Definitely faster than menu->accounts-->select account especially if you've just marked a bunch of emails as read

 

[moosc]

I get Facebook notifications just fine. Here's a screen shot. See the f in blue box.

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[heathro1281]

I get Facebook notifications just fine. Here's a screen shot. See the f in blue box.

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

How are you getting notifications?

 

[BLiNdS1De7]

Did you go into the Facebook app and turn on Notifications?

 

[Westifire]

I hope the Notification start working on Facebook. I HATE THIS ABOUT MY X. all i want is to be notified when someone comments to me so i am not constantly refreshing the app..... I do not miss my BB storm at all, but i do miss my instant notifications! Lets hope 2.2 fixes.

Use Bloo. It works well for me. Set it to update every minute and battery is still great.

 

[killianss]

How are you getting notifications?

how did you get your apps to have that 3d effect?

 

[alphanu22]

how did you get your apps to have that 3d effect?

LauncherPro - Android app on AppBrain

 

[Cory Streater]

I've been watching member feedback in the "What have you found in Froyo" thread in the EVO forum.

I borrowed from the first post, read every post thereafter, removed all the HTC stuff related stuff, and added my own comments. From what I can tell, these are some of the things I expect us to benefit from:

1. New Market widget.
2. New dock settings.
3. New accessibility settings.
4. New voice input and output settings (like selecting default engine).
5. Google search widget has more options.
6. New Android news and weather widget.
7. Improvements to managed application settings.
8. 8 (vs. 4) apps in recent app list and are no longer "boxed in".
9. Safe search can now be disabled in YouTube and voice search.
10. New options in Gmail app (including copy & paste).
11. Keyboard now works in landscape in either orientation.
12. Universal Search: You can select what you want it to search, i.e. people, calendar, texts, or apps instead of it bombarding you with a search that covers every single thing on the phone.
13. App sharing.
14. Manage apps are separated in 4 tabs: downloaded,running, all and on SD card (actually we already have this ability - just not in tabbed format).
15. Lock screen time delay added as well as pin and password options. The lock screens DO work, an added option is to set a time limit of inactivity before the lock screen enables. In other words the lock doesn't set every time the screen goes dark unless you set it to that, mine is set to lock after 5 minutes of inactivity for example (this might be an HTC function.
16. Automatic update install as a check box in the market under each app.
17. Speech to text was updated too. (if anyone other then me uses it). You now have settings for how it filters bad language. Before it blocked everything vulgar. Now you can set it to filter lower, or shut it off.
18. Bluetooth voice dialing.
19. Note: you can't move all installed apps to SD - the app must be developed to allow this functionality.

Subjective improvements:

1. Improved WiFi range.
2. Google Maps renders almost instantaneously on a fast connection.
3. Screen transitions in apps are smoother.
4. Improved load speed for YouTube.
5. Running cooler (although a few people reported that it's actually running hotter - could be because this is not official release).
6. Due to JIT: applications load a bit faster, browsers are a bit faster, opening things like the camera app is faster, application drawer, menus, etc are a bit faster.
7. Improvements to memory management.

There might be some more discoveries as the thread continues, and after the official release is pushed, but this is where the thread sits as of now.

 

[sniffs]

What I'd like to know is when are we going to see the type of GPU acceleration on the Android devices as we see on the iPhone.

Example 1. No matter what Android device you use, fastflip.google.com runs like crap in the browser.. run it on an iPhone, runs smooth as butter.

Example 2. GPU acceleration in the OS as a whole.. run a live wallpaper on a Jailbroken iPhone and it runs better than most live wallpapers run on Android..

I really just want to see GPU API advancements..

 

[Cory Streater]

No matter what Android device you use, fastflip.google.com runs like crap in the browser.. run it on an iPhone, runs smooth as butter.

do you mean fastflip.googlelabs.com? It runs smooth as butter in Dolphin Browser HD as well. I removed the stock browser via root, nor have I seen it on the iPhone, so I can't compare with either of those.