When Google announced the Android 2.2, people thought first of devices that will get the update as soon as possible and, comparing to how fast Motorola Droid got the Android 2.1 update, it was highly expected to get Froyo fast too. Now, some weeks after Motorola announced Froyo will also run on Droid, they've opened a thread on their forum to sign up for updates about when Android 2.2 will come. You will need a forum account to sign up, but I doubt that's a big problem.

Motorola Droid, which looks awesome in my opinion, is a slider smartphone powered up by a 550MHz processor, packing 256 MB RAM and with 512 MB on board flash memory. It has an 854x480 touchscreen display, 256 ppi and offers a 5.0MP camera with video capabilities (it features geotagging). The device has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, A-GPS, qwerty keyboard, 3-axis accelerometer and digital compass.

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A chart with timelines for operating system updates is been made available today, as you can see. The big questions of the day is why CLIQ users will not have Android 2.2 support this year. There is going to be Android 2.1 update in Q2 of this year, which means soon (and everybody knew that there is going to be an update soon), but it remains the same question. On this chart there are not phones which will get Froyo update this year at all. 

If the CLIQ will get the Android 2.1 update soon, then the things are not so good for Backflip and DEXT users. They will have to wait until Q3 of this year to get the new operating system.

The Backflip is a touchscreen smartphone released by AT&T in march. It has a 320x480 HVGA display, qwerty keyboard, it is powered up by a 528MHz processor and packs 256MB RAM. The CLIQ (known as DEXT outside US) is powered up by a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, has 256MB RAM and sliding qwerty keyboard.

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We reported before there will not be too much to wait until Google will release Android 2.2, and now the news is confirmated. Besides Nexus One, which was already confirmated, we've heard news about two other devices. It seems HTC will deliver Froyo to HTC Desire and HTC Legend within the next two weeks! After giving a taste of Froyo on Desire and Legend, HTC wants to deliver the new operating system to several other handsets. The news come from a German site, and the translation says the update will come "in the next two weeks". This is pretty soon, isn't it?

Adobe also announced some time ago that they will send Adobe Flash 10.1 to several retailers, and that the new service will be available on some Android 2.2 handsets, such as Google Nexus One, HTC Desire, Evo 4G, Motorola Droid/Milestone and HTC Droid Incredible. Samsung Galaxy S may also be on the list, but is not for sure.

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The new Samsung Galaxy "Tape" will get on the market as soon as Android 2.2 operating system will be launched, says a Vietnamesse tech website. We didn't knew too much about this new handset, but now there are also some specs available for us. The smartphone will be powered up by an AMR Cortex A8 processor, clocked at 1.2 GHZ (which can be a hit) and will have 16GB on-board storage. There's also the option for a microSD card slot (expandable to 32GB, but available until 48). The battery will be a 4.000mAh.

There are actually two mobile phones that will be released with this name, the second being probably called "Mini". The 7-inch variant will have, for sure, the Super AMOLED Display Samsung used us with. Rumours suggest there is also going to be a name change in the process, but because we don't know anything for sure, we'll leave it like that.

So, about the launch date, there's still nothing sure about when Android 2.2 will come, but as we heard and told you earlier on, Samsung Tape will come as soon as Froyo will be released.

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