From Htcyou: A e-mail alleged to be from HTC has some titillating details about the much discussed Droid Incredible. HTC might be prepared to release a major upgrade to the Incredible that includes Android 2.2 FroYo and a slew of fixes and other updates. The race amongst Android smartphone makers for 2.2 has begun in earnest. More »

From Htcyou: This is one sick ROM for the sexy HTC HD2 –in addition to Android 2.2 FroYo, it has 2.1 Eclair with Sense UI as well, so users can pick whichever they fancy. Aside from a few inevitable bugs, the ROM is stable and fast. More »

From Htcyou: Most of you could care less what South Koreans are getting, but many North Americans will buy some version of the Samsung Galaxy S, which is hitting every carrier under the sky. An early August FroYo update for the Korean Galaxy S should mean that its carbon copies worldwide will receive the same treatment shortly thereafter. More »

5. More Android smartphones became official: Motorola’s Charm for T-Mobile, LG Optimus One and Chic for the UK. More »

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From Htcyou: XDA Developers continue to put paid programmers from manufacturers/carriers to shame. One industrious individual has skilfully ported Android 2.2 FroYo over to the HTC Evo 4G, and Sense UI is even included! More »

From Htcyou: An evangelist for Adobe would choose the most powerful Android smartphone to use as the hardware for showing off Flash 10.1 running FroYo, but what did you expect, an HTC G1? More »

From Htcyou: For the UK, LG has announced its Optimus (”best”) line of Android smartphones. The Chic and the One are the first 2 (of 10!) entrants under the Optimus name, and both will have Android 2.2 FroYo. More »

From Htcyou: By Q4, LG will have an updated SU950 that comes loaded with Android 2.2 FroYo. Naturally, the SU950 out now will be upgraded to FroYo simultaneously. More »

Motorola’s Droid X is stirring quite a ruckus among smartphone connoisseurs and is bound to be a big seller for Verizon. The full-page New York Times advertisement that Verizon took to promote the upcoming phone is informative and derisive, as it makes fun of the iPhone 4’s ongoing antenna reception problems. More »

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From Htcyou: At Samsung’s Galaxy event, where all Galaxy S models for the four main American carriers were unveiled, Verizon’s version got photographed for the first time. As expected, Samsung also announced that all Galaxy S makes will be upgraded to FroYo, although no time frame was given. More »

From Htcyou: If waiting until July for the real Android 2.2 update is intolerable for you, then try a hacked build of FroYo for the Motorola Droid. Hey, the Nexus One has the finalized FRF85B build, so why should the highest resolution Android phone in the land be missing out on the fun? More »

From Htcyou: A new rumor from a “trustworthy source” puts the Motorola Droid 2 for Verizon’s launch on August 23rd. Should the Droid 2 be released in late August, it will almost surely have Android 2.2 FroYo. The Droid X is landing on July 15th with Eclair. More »

From Htcyou: In a blatant demonstration of passive disregard for its valuable customers, Sprint has callously declared that its Samsung Moment and HTC Hero will never see Android 2.2 FroYo. More »

From Htcyou: Instead, put the blame squarely on your carrier/handset manufacturer. Why? Because when Google released the open source code of Android 2.2 FroYo a couple of days ago, Tim Bray remarked that with FroYo, developers can “build and boot a fully open-source system image out of the box, for the emulator, as well as for Dream (ADP1), Sapphire (ADP2).” What this means is that even an old dog (the eldest of all Androids) can officially be programmed to run Android 2.2. More »

From Htcyou: Verizon says that the Motorola Droid is receiving Android 2.2 FroYo in July, presumably before the upcoming Droid X, which is shipping with Eclair on July 15th. More »