Quick Review of Android 2.2 Froyo

It has been two full days since I updated my NexusOne to Android 2.2 Froyo.

Briefly some changes I noticed.

• Smoother and faster
• Rotating to 270 degree
• Tethering options (USB or WiFi hotspots)
• New ways to unlock the phone: Patterns, Passcode, and Passwords
• Phone and contact apps rotation
• New car home app
• Twitter for android is built in now
• Flash 10.1 beta enables flash
• Faster browsing experience
• Phone and browser icon on the bottom.
• Option to move apps to SD card
• New GoogleTalk app
• New Message (SMS) App

Probably there tons of other changes but those are ones that I can actually experience by using them. Is Froyo a huge improvement? Absolutely! Am I completely satisfied coming from Eclair Moded rom? No way.

I was using Enomther’s modified ROM. It did most of Froyo improvements already except Flash. It had even more; such as data connection optimization, trackball colors for different notifications, IM app from G1, able to delete stock apps without adb commands, and etc.

I love almost every aspects of Froyo. I know it will get even better once moders comes out with custom mods. As of the stock these are things I don’t like

• Rotation to 270
• Facebook and Twitter app is built in. I had to adb to delete them
• Not all apps are working with Froyo yet – I want my MLB at Bat and Pure Calendar right now!!!
• CarHome looks nice. But in order to go to home screen, I have to exit and relaunch it to get back to CarHome.
• TrackBall color notification options are still very limited and not implemented well yet

These are things I noticed, hope Google will update Froyo again soon to bring better user experience.