ViewPad 7 will ship with a pre-installed Android 2.2 operating system. It will be powered by a powerful processor and will support 3.5G networks, while having a compact size and 7-inch touch screen display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. As with most current mobile phones that run on Android, ViewPad 7 will support Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g), Bluetooth, USB, instant messaging services, VoIP. It is believed to provide users with easy and comfortable Web surfing, and will support multitouch. In addition, this device will have two cameras – 3 megapixel with autofocus at the back and VGA – on the front panel. ViewPad 7 will have 512 MB of built-in memory and will support microSD memory cards up to 32 GB.

ViewPad 7 will be available at the end of this year for US$ 479.

ViewPad 10 is a 10-inch tablet that offers its users a choice of two operating systems: Google Android 1.6 and Windows 7 Home Premium. ViewPad 10 is equipped with an Intel Atom 1.66 GHz processor, has 1 GB of internal memory, 16 GB solid-state drive (SSD) and microSD card slots. The touch screen is built using capacitive technology, which supports multi-touch. It has LED backlighting and resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. In addition, ViewPad 10 is equipped with acceleration sensor (G-Sensor), and a 1.3 megapixel camera.

ViewPad 10 will be available in 1 quarter of 2011 for US$ 629.

The process of rooting your Android device gives you access to a lot of great features and software you wouldn’t otherwise have access to, but it takes one feature away. You can’t receive over the air updates anymore once you’ve rooted your phone. Despite that fact, it seems Verizon is pushing an update to rooted users.  This is the first time since the first Android phone was rooted that anyone has reported receiving a notification about an OTA update on their rooted phone. It’s important to note, that if you have installed a custom ROM, you probably won’t receive the update. Anyone still using stock software should be seeing the update within the next few days if they haven’t already.

If you own a Motorola Droid, and you’re not already running a Froyo build of Android, you’ll soon receive a 76mb OTA update to get you up to speed. If you are already running Android 2.2, you’ll get a smaller 1.8mb update that will enable Flash 10.1 support. You’ll still have to download the Flash app, but your phone will now be ready for it. Rooted or not, Flash will open up a lot of new doors for Droid users.

It’s great that Verizon is offering this update to rooted users, but we have to wonder if this isn’t the first step toward finding a way to un-root rooted phones remotely. Rooting your phone allows you to circumvent certain paid services from Verizon, such as tethering, and as such, it’s likely that they’re trying to find a way to combat rooring. If Verizon is trying to combat rooting, they still have a long way to go. Rooted users running custom ROM’s haven’t been receiving the update, in other words, if this is the first step toward Verizon unrooting phones, all someone would have to do to sidestep the whole process would be to install a custom version of the Android OS. For now, all we know is that rooted users are starting to see Android updates. As for the rest, only time will tell.

Few hours ago Google officially announced Android 2.2 codenamed Froyo at Google I/O conference. The new version offers a lot of improvements – speed, full Flash support, more enterprise features, new SDK, Cloud to Device Messaging, backup and other minor improvements!

To begin, I would like to point out that Android operating system is getting momentum – the Market has more than 50,000 applications and more than 100,000 new Android based devices get activated every day.

Thus, the main features of Android 2.2 Froyo are:

• Speed - The new operating system will make any Android application and any Android phone preform 2-5 times faster with no change the application itself or phone software or hardware.
• Flash - Froyo will offer full native support for Flash 10.1.
• Enterprise Features - The system now offers more features for enterprise customers.  It supports more than 20 Microsoft Exchange rules like minimum password, remote wipe, lockscreen timeout, etc.
• New SDK - New APIs for data backup and Cloud to Device Messaging capabilities.
• Cloud to Device Messaging - Android 2.2 will allow you to download applications from the new Android Market on the web to various devices (e.g. phones, tablets, TVs, etc.)
• Tethering and Portable Hotspot - Android 2.2 devices will have native (and hopefully user-friendly) support.
• Install Applications to SD Card – The system now allows for applications to be installed to SD card. So users will be able to install up to 32GB of applications…
• Backup - Froyo offers native data backup capabilities.
• Browser – The developers have made some changes to the browser and achieved significant speed improvements. Google states that it is now two or even three times faster than the previous version, thanks to the V8 javascript.
• Automatic Application Updates – Android 2.2 will offer automatic application update capability.

P.S. According to the Google I/O Twitter page Froyo is coming to Nexus One in the next few weeks. Can’t wait!!!

Please check the official Froyo video below for the demonstration of the new features:

If you look closely, you will see that the home screen has changed. Search widget now comes with a choice of different search engines. So, it is probably fair to assume that this video is a debut of Android 2.2.

Like it or not, but we will learn more about the operating system in about a week. And if the rumors prove to be true then in addition of some graphical changes users will also get the following new features: Flash support, automatic application updating and an option to install applications to a memory card.

If you look closely, you will see that the home screen has changed. Search widget now comes with a choice of different search engines. So, it is probably  fair to assume that this video is a debut of Android 2.2.

Like it or not, but we will learn more about the operating system in about a week. And if the rumors prove to be true then in addition of some graphical changes users will also get the following new features: Flash support, automatic application updating and an option to install applications to a memory card.