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Android 51.8% Froyo

Android Froyo (2.2) now accounts for 51.8% of all Android users. Eclair is the second biggest with a share of 35.2% of all Android users. This is very good, since Android has previously been accused of fragmentation.

Android Gingerbread (2.3) was released at the end of last month, but it is not wildly adopted yet. Nexus S is currently the only device that runs on it officially, hence the low share that runs on it.


HTC Legend Froyo

HTC today told on their Facebook page that they are finalizing the Froyo update for the HTC Legend. The Legend was released earlier this year with Eclair on board, so it is currently lacking for instance the JIT compiler.

Those of you who run a carrier unmodified/stock HTC Legend should receive Froyo in the coming few weeks, stay tuned!


Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 White

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 will receive Android 2.1 before the end of this year. It currently is running Android 1.6, which is very old in todays standards. The X8′s bigger brothers received Android 2.1 yesterday. The X10 update was delayed many times, so let’s hope that this X8 update will cook faster.


The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 family is now getting the Android 2.1 update in Scandinavia. The video above shows you the steps needed to update your XPERIA X10 mini or XPERIA X10 mini pro to Android 2.1. Follow this link to see the same procedure done on the XPERIA X10.


Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 family Android 2.1

The Eclair (Android 2.1) update for the whole XPERIA X10 family is out now! You might need to update SonyEricsson PC Companion before seeing this update. I’ve had reports from Norway and Finland that the update is live. The version number of this update is 2.0.A.0.504.

Get it while it’s super hot :)

Update: Added proof of a successfully updated XPERIA X10, XPERIA X10 mini and XPERIA X10 mini pro. Hit View Post to see images.

And this is how the official changelog looks like:

Xperia X10:

  • HD video recording with continuous auto-focus for high quality videos
  • Upgrade of the Android platform to Android 2.1
  • New back up and restore application, with extended content back up
  • 5 homescreens for apps, widgets, shortcuts and folders
  • Social phonebook which automatically syncs contact pictures from Facebook and shows when your friends are online

Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro:

  • Improved Bluetooth functionality with support for sending and receiving pictures, contacts and more
  • New backup and restore application with extended content back up
  • Automatic synchronization of your contact pictures between Facebook and your phone book
  • Improved ways of handling pictures, audio, text and numbers in your messages
  • Upgrade of the Android platform to Android platform 2.1

Sony Ericsson has published a new video showing the new features of the Android 2.1 update that their Xperia X10 line will see later this fall.

Features that they demo in this video include timescape and the social phonebook. Enjoy!


Sony Ericsson Xperia 10 Update Roadmap Froyo

A roadmap for Sony Ericsson’s Android update plans for the XPERIA series has leaked. According to it, there will not be anything above 2.1, ever. It’s also interesting to see that the new XPERIA X8 is bundled in the same update schedule as the X10 mini and X10 mini pro.

The Xperia X10 will receive for instance HD video capture when SE releases the Eclair update (Android 2.1). There will also be an update to 2.1x, which could mean that we will see a maintenance release after the first 2.1 gets seeded.


Angry Birds for Android is now available in the Android Market. I can tell you that this game is really addicting, I’ve spent countless hours on the iPhone version of this game. Angry Birds needs Android 2.x, so those of you still on really old versions are out of luck.


Motorola Droid 2

Motorola just announced update schedules for their phones running Android.

Europe:

  • Motorola Milestone – Android 2.2 updates planned to start in Q4
  • Motorola Backflip – no upgrade to Android 2.1
  • Motorola Dext – no upgrade to Android 2.1

Hit View Post to see update schedules for the US, Canada, Asia-Pasific, Latin America and Mexico.


HTC Vision - QWERTY

We haven’t seen many quality QWERTY-slider phones in the past few months, but this is about to change with the HTC Vision. A Croatian site released two photos of what is rumored to be the Vision. The HTC Vision will come with a 3.7″ screen, 1 GHz CPU and Android 2.1.

Note that the Vision’s keyboard is very tiny compared to the screen. For instance on the Nokia N97 mini, the keyboard is about the same size as the screen on top of it. Actually, now when you think about it, how would this keyboard look on the back of the phone? Is the other half of the back equipped with a battery, or just empty space? Hard to tell if this is a fake or not.

Another pic after the break.