Winamp Mobile is available on the Android Market

Winamp was released in this week for Android. Only for Android 2.2 or higher phones.

HTC Hero to get Android 2.2 in November 2010

I sent a email to Leaf (HTC South Africa) yesterday to ask "When will we get the Android Froyo update in South Africa?". They sent back that they are still busy with the software, that their target date is mid November 2010. That's all. I just hope they don't drop us again! I was waiting since June for this upgrade. I think they will still sent this update OTA (Over The Air).

It's better to wait for this upgrade, then to root your phone and loose your warranty!

Check out the HTC Hero thread under the AndroidZA Forum for all the discussions under this Froyo update.
http://forum.androidza.co.za

Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.2 update gone till November

So sad. It looks like those Galaxy S owners who are still, very patiently we might add, waiting to get Android 2.2 on their handsets will just have to wait a little longer. According to a tweet by Samsung Mobile UK, the company 's Froyo update will "be available in the UK from early November" and to all other operators "by the end of November." While this is just the for the UK, it can't be a good sign for us in South Africa. Galaxy S handset owners with carrier branded handsets who were expecting Android Deuce-Deuce in the near future.

Android eats Apple - Wallpaper

Here is a wallpaper for all the Android users. Android is much better than Apple!

Android can eat the Apple, but the Apple can't eat Android.

Angry Birds for Android gets over 1 million downloads in one day

There is no denying the Angry Birds. phenomenon. Rovio Mobile, the developers behind the multi-platform Angry Birds app, have just announced a staggering stat over 1 million Android downloads in 1 day.
Following yesterdays launch, GetJar had brief outages due to overwhelming traffic. Android users were told: "The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later ". iOS users have had the one up on their Android counterparts for a while now. However, with these
impressive numbers, and given Android 's growing smartphone market-share, there seems to be no stopping the avian juggernauts.

Google adds 20 countries to Android market, 18 more in the works

Yesterday, Google announced that "developers from 20 more countries can now sell paid apps on Android Market." The additional countries include: Argentina,
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan. Paid
application support for developers is now available in 29 countries; Android Market users from 32 countries can purchase applications. Google also noted that over the next 2 weeks, "users in 18 additional countries will be able to purchase paid apps
from Android Market. " Soon also for South Africa

HTC Hero will also get Froyo 2.2 firmware update

HTC in South-Africa (Leaf) announced a month ago that the HTC Hero will also get the Froyo update Over-The-Air. They said that it will take 2 - 4 weeks. So now were waiting hoping that we will get it this week or the first week in September. Leaf said they don't have any exact launch date, we must keep an eye on their Support page on their website.

I will let you know when I received a update on my HTC Hero

Samsung Galaxy S now getting Froyo, a million sold in the US

After the several leaked Froyo updates for the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S the company announced it's sold over a million units of the various Galaxy S incarnations on
the US market in less than two months.

10 New improvements in Android 2.2 (Froyo)

1) Improved Speed -- Just as it was rumored, the next version of Android will have a JIT compiler, responsible for a significant (2x-5x) speed boost.

2) Better Enterprise Support -- The platform has lagged behind Windows Mobile and BlackBerry in terms of enterprise functionality, but FroYo will include over 20 new enterprise features. These include better Exchange support, with auto-discovery, improved security, and GAL lookup, and new device admin APIs.

3) Cloud-to-Device API -- Google services, Chrome extensions, and soon-to-be released Chrome apps will be able to sync with your Android device. If you need directions from Google Maps, it can be sent directly.

4) Tethering -- This was also a rumored feature for a few weeks. The feature will be in the "settings" menu, and clicking "portable wi-fi hotspot."

5) New Browser -- The Javascript interpreter in Chrome will be used in FroYo's native browser, offering a 2x-3x Javascript performance boost. Google's Vic Gundotra said it will be the fastest mobile browser available.

6) Install apps on SD memory -- One of the main problems people had with Android was that you could not install apps on your removable memory card, you were limited to the device's physical memory, which in some cases was quite limited. In FroYo, apps can be moved to, and launched from, the phone's SD card.

7) Flash 10.1 and AIR support -- This one is not a surprise, as Adobe and Google have both said this would be coming.

8) Web-based Android Market -- Without a doubt one of the weakest aspects of consuming apps on the Android Platform was that you were limited to only seeing what was shown on your mobile device's screen, which in most cases is not very appealing.

9) App auto-updating -- When an app you downloaded gets updated, you would get a notification that there was an update available in the Market. You'd have to navigate to the market and click OK three or four times per update just to get it installed. In FroYo, there will be an "Update All" icon, and the ability to check "allow automatic updating" when you download a new app. Apps can be purchased on the Web-based store and synced down to your Android device.

10) Music Sync -- Even though it's got a decent media player, Android devices have never had the music power that iPhone has with its built-in iPod functionality. With FroYo, however, users will be able to sync their local music collection with their Android device and stream wirelessly.

This is the new Android 2.2 homescreen