Mike Southby

Could this be one of the first actual screenshots of the latest version of Android?  If you believe what you see then it would seem that this screenshot shows us a working Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) build on a Nexus One.  It comes at the end of a video which demonstrates the latest mobile version of Flash (Flash 10.1) being demonstrated by one of the Flash developers; the combination appears to work very well and would suggest perhaps that key Adobe employees and developers have been ‘given’ a copy of the latest incarnation of Android to test compatibility.

From the looks of the screenshot, Android 2.2 will bring us an updated Launcher, tutorial and global search box amongst other things.  There are no official details yet but I look forward to hearing more news and the official list of changes from Google when they become available; which presumably will be revealed at Google I/O which starts later this month on May 19th. With Flash 10.1 rumoured to be released in June, I’d hope that Android 2.2 would be available to coincide with this.  No doubt more details will be released soon.

Here’s the video demonstating Flash 10.1, for those wanting to ‘fast forward’ to the Android 2.2 screen, you’ll find it at the very end of the clip. Needless to say I will be keeping my eye on XDA over the coming months. I’m more than happy with Android 2.1 but will for sure, try one of the custom ROMs incorporating Froyo when they become available which shouldn’t be too long if history repeats itself.