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Manual Update to FRG22D Build of Android 2.2 for Motorola Droid Now Available
This morning, Verizon Wireless began updating the original Motorola Droid to the FRG22D build of Android 2.2 [Froyo], which allows the device to download Adobe Flash 10.1 from Android Market. However, as with any other updates, the roll out is gradual. That means that not all Motorola Droid owners will receive Android 2.2 [Froyo] Build FRG22D over the air today.
Luckily, the folks over at Android Forums have found the original file on the Google Servers, which means that those not willing to wait until Verizon Wireless pushes the update to their Motorola Droid units can manually update their devices now.
Make you way past the break to see the full instructions.
Verizon Pushing Adobe Flash Player 10.1 For Motorola Droid
At last! Verizon Wireless has confirmed that they have commenced the mass over-the-air push of an update which will put Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1 in the Android Market, making it available for download.
“Verizon Wireless has begun pushing an update today to the DROID by Motorola (introduced November 2009) that will allow customers to download Adobe Flash 10.1 via Android Market. Flash Player 10.1 provides access to millions of sites with rich content including animations, casual games, videos, rich internet applications, audio and much more.”
Users will now be able to take advantage of Flash content on websites, which include not-so-pleasant advertisement banners, games, and video content not suitable for mobile phones.
Don’t see the update yet? Be calm, it will come!
Verizon Wireless to Release New Android 2.2 Update for Motorola Droid Tomorrow
Basking Ridge, New Jersey-based Verizon Wireless will begin distributing build FRG22D of Android 2.2 [Froyo] over the air [OTA] for the original Motorola Droid as soon as tomorrow, according to an image of the Verizon Wireless intranet obtained by Droid Life. The OTA update, which will be sized at 1.6MB, will finally allow Motorola Droid owners to download the official version of Flash Player 10.1 from the Android Market. It will also contain a few security improvements.
Build FRG22D of Android 2.2 appears to be only a variation of the original FRG22 build, which was spotted a couple of weeks ago.
Already, the official release notes for the Android 2.2 Build FRG22D can be found in the Motorola Droid Support Page on the Verizon Wireless website. We have posted a copy in the full post.
Flash Player 10.1 Now Available in The Android Market
It appears as if Mountain View, California-based Adobe has finally made the stable version of its Flash Player 10.1 mobile platform available for Android-powered smartphones in the Android Market. Flash Player 10.1 is available to handsets with Android 2.2 or higher. Currently, only Nexus One owners are reportedly able to see and download the new version of Flash Player 10.1 for Android.
We can expect the standard to become available to more Android-powered smartphones in the coming days. Do let us know whenever you are able to download Flash Player 10.1.
Verizon Wireless to Business Customers: Expect Two Android 2.2 Updates
Basking Ridge, New Jersey-based Verizon Wireless has sent an email to its business customers, advising them that sometime in the coming weeks their original Motorola Droid smartphones will receive two software updates over the air [OTA]. The company states that the first OTA update will upgrade the devices to Android 2.2 [Froyo], while the second OTA update will allow users to get Adobe Flash Player 10.1 directly from the Android Market.
It’s highly believed that both OTA updates might be rolled out around August 18, which is the day Adobe Flash Player 10.1 will officially become available in the Android Market.
Here’s what the email by Verizon Wireless to business customers stated:
“A DROID update for you and your employees
DROID by Motorola – even better with Android™ 2.2 (Froyo)!
Within the next few weeks, two over the air software updates will be sent to the DROID
devices on your company’s account. The first update will bring the device operating
system to Android 2.2. The second update will enable users to download Adobe® Flash®
Player 10 for Android to the device once it is available in the Android Marketplace.”
Additionally, this might explain build FRG22 of Android 2.2 for the original Motorola Droid, which was discovered in an official Verizon Wireless document [pictured in the full post], and later leaked last week.
Adobe Demonstrates Flash Player 10.1 on New Motorola Droid 2
It’s becoming somewhat of a tradition for Adobe to demo its Flash 10.1 platform on many of the newest Android products. Just last month, the company demoed Flash Player 10.1 on the Motorola Droid X. Today, Adobe Group Product Marketing Manager Diana Helander offers a preview of Flash Player 10.1 on the upcoming Motorola Droid 2, which is to be released on Thursday, August 12.
As other Adobe employees have demoed before, Helander shows off the Flash Player capabilities on Flash-powered websites such as CBS, CNET, and The Sims 3.
The company also corroborates on the Adobe Featured Blogs that Flash Player 10.1 will come pre-installed on the new Motorola Droid 2 as part of the new Android 2.2 [Froyo] platform. Adobe also indicates that Flash Player 10.1 will be supported by several other smartphones such as HTC Incredible, the Samsung Galaxy S, Motorola Milestone, and Droid X in the coming weeks. You know what that means, right? The aforementioned devices will soon be upgraded to Android 2.2 [Froyo].
Check out the full video after the jump.
Adobe Demos Flash Player 10.1 on Motorola Droid X
Adobe posted today a video on the Adobe Flash Platform Blog, in which Adobe Technical Evangelist Ted Patrick demos Flash Player 10.1 on the upcoming Motorola Droid X. Patrick shows off a couple of Flash-based games and an AP World Cup Application, which is also Flash-based.
The company corroborates that Flash Player 10.1 will be made available on the Droid X when the device is upgraded to Android 2.2 [Froyo] later this Summer. Adobe has played a key role in the introduction and promotion of the Motorola Droid X, which will finally make its big debut next week on July 15.
Video in the full post.
Adobe Shows Preview of Flash Player 10.1 Beta on The Nexus One
With the Google Nexus One officially released today, the Adobe Developer Connection team is giving us a preview of what Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for mobile devices is going to look like. Though Flash Player 10.1 beta is just being demoed on the Nexus One with Android 2.1, I think we can get a sense of what the software will be like on other operating systems like BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian.
Watch Adobe Flash team member Adrian Ludwig explain Flash Player 10.1 beta on the Nexus One in the video after the break.
Prerelease Versions of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 And Air 2.0 Now Available
Adobe has made available the prerelease version of two of its most anticipated products: Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and x86-based netbooks. Both products, include multi-touch support and can be downloaded at the Adobe Labs page. Unfortunately, as it was expected, a beta version of Flash Player 10.1 for Mobile is till in the works and was not released this time.
Here are some of the new features of Flash Player 10.1:
- Multi-touch and gesture support [touchscreen machine needed]
- Global error handling
- H.264 video harware decoding
