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Overnight Google has finally released the final build of FroYo for the Nexus One.

The previous leaked builds were only able to instalk on stock T-Mobile Nexus One’s but the final release is for all versions.

To get mine to update I had to invoke the checkin in my handset by keying *#*#2432546#*#* which made the handset check for an available update. A quick reboot and it was updated to build FRF85B.

Nexus owners, get prepared to update!

Source: Google

Here is a little gallery of pictures of my new Dell Streak comparing it to my iPod touch, Nexus One and my Archos 5 Internet Tablet.

The Streak is an extremely slim device but feels a tad large for phone use. For web browsing the larger screen is perfect and produces good colours. Only the AMOLED screen on my Nexus One looks better but the Streak has the advantage of better visibility in sunlight.

Compared to my Archos 5 Internet Tablet, the streak is faster and more stable than Android on the Archos. Both run Android 1.6 so there is no advantage over the other except for full support for Android Market on the Streak with copy protected apps. Only the non copy protected apps show up on my Archos with the Android Market hack.

Overall I’m impressed with the streak and having 1,664MB of app storage avaiable compared to my Nexus One’s 196MB and my Archos 5′s 138MB means that the Streak will have plenty of storage for apps. The included 16GB Micro SD card leaves plenty of room for media too.

I’m very happy with it so far!

Hardware shown:

• Apple iPod Touch 32GB (In Belkin case)
• HTC Google Nexus One
• Archos 5 Internet Tablet
• Dell Streak

Sources: Dell Streak o2 UK, Dell

An xda developers member has posted the link to the newer FRF72 build of froyo for the Nexus One.

I’ve just updated my N1 from frf50 build and it went fine. No noticeable changes yet thus far.

More: xda developers

This is technology bliss for me.

Currently we’re driving up the M25 with my Nexus One navigating us to our destination with my wife driving. It is also acting as a portable hotspot for my iPod touch.

FroYo + iPhone OS = win.

Rovio have posted a quick video of their excellent game, Angry Birds running on Android (A Motorola Milestone to be exact).

Angry birds is one of my favourite games on the iPhone/iPod touch and it’s great to see it coming to Android. A must buy for anyone with an Android handset!

It seems that for the first time, smartphones running on Google’s Android OS have outsold the iPhone for the first time in the U.S.

Google’s Android-based smartphones accounted for 28% of smartphone sales, while the iPhone accounted for 21%, according to market research firm NPD.

I can think of MANY reasons for this. The iPhone is only on one US carrier (AT&T) and is at the end of its product life so sales would be naturally down (in my eyes) as more people will be waiting for the next generation iPhone.

It’s still quite an achievement for Google and the Open Handset Alliance but I suspect things would have changed back to the iPhone at number 2 once the next gen iPhone is released!

Source: Yahoo News

I just found this via an AppBrain recommendation but Dolphin Browser HD seems like a very capable browser for Android!

It has some nice features such as:

• Versatile Add-ons
• Multi-touch Pinch Zoom
• Thumbnails Flick Menu
• Tabbed Browsing
• YouTube Downloader
• Gesture URL Commander
• Bookmarks Sorting

I’m going to spend some time with it and see if it is worth changing from the default browser to Dolphin. If you want to try it out or for more info, check the link below!

Source: Dolphin Browser

I’ve been looking for a decent solution to sync my music onto my Nexus One from my Mac and was using DoubleTwist to do so. DoubleTwist works fine but I thought I’d see what else is out there and found iSyncr for Mac OS X on the Android Market.

iSyncr for Mac OSX

Once installed, you run iSyncr and it puts a Mac OSX compatible app on the root of your SD card. Next, you mount the SD card and run the app from the SD card on your Mac and it presents you with the following screen:

Choose which playlists to sync.

This screen lists all your playlists and lets you choose which playlist to sync with your Android phone. I chose my Nexus One playlist and proceeded to sync my playlist. (continue reading…)

This picture says it all:

Source: Vodafone UK

Yesterday it was announced that HTC and Microsoft had struck a deal to licence patents concerning Google’s Android operating system. Some saw this as HTC backing down to Microsoft and others saw it as Microsoft siding with HTC in its recent patent dispute with Apple.

It seems that it may not be the case of Microsoft siding with HTC as Microsoft’s Horacio Gutierrez has issued the following statement:

Microsoft has a decades-long record of investment in software platforms. As a result, we have built a significant patent portfolio in this field, and we have a responsibility to our customers, partners, and shareholders to ensure that competitors do not free ride on our innovations. We have also consistently taken a proactive approach to licensing to resolve IP infringement by other companies, and have been talking with several device manufacturers to address our concerns relative to the Android mobile platform.

It’s currently unknown which manufacturers Microsoft have been talking to. It’ll be interesting to see if Google have anything to say about any future disputes.

Source: Engadget