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Google Android 2.2 (Froyo)
9.0
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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Ease of use It is easy to use, since pressing an icon launches the app, and your fingers easily navigate the touchscreen. great!
  • Speed The interface is snappy and clean. But having all those icons on screen at once can bog the system down while multitasking. good
  • Configurability The Android system is very easy to configure and therein lies the beauty: you make it look the way YOU want it to. great!
  • Ecosystem (apps, drivers, etc.) The Android Market has a vast array of apps and is getting bigger. I appreciate that 2.2 allows app to go to the micro SD card, so the phone memory is not taxed great!
  • Openness Openness was to be a hall mark of the Android OS. That is changing as some apps are closed to rooted units... good
Detailed review
Android 2.2 (Froyo) brings to the table a couple of major changes: app-to-SD and wireless hotspot capability.
App-to-SD is important in that it allows you to place an application on the SD card and run it from there as opposed to bogging down the phone's memory. The only issue is that there are still some apps that do not take advantage of this capability.
The ability to use your Android device as a wireless hotspot is great when there is a lack of a connection (yet your device has a data connection) and you and perhaps your circle need to jump online to game or or be on the web. Some wireless carriers decided that they will make a profit from this feature and in most cases you get to pay for the privilege of using this functionality (if they let you use it at all...)