Sprint: The EVO 4G’s are getting the OFFICIAL Android 2.2 update (froyo) starting as of Aug 3rd. (Or tomorrow 7/30 if you want to manually update your EVO)

anovelo — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Based on an announcement on the Sprint Community Blog (LINK: http://community.sprint.com/baw/community/sprintblogs/buzz-by-sprint/announcements/blog/2010/07/29/sprint-is-the-first-wireless-carrier-to-bring-android-22-to-customers-using-the-award-winning-htc-evo-4g-beginning-tuesday-aug-3), the EVO will be getting its froyo update in the next couple of days. As of now the announcement says that the froyo (2.2) update for Android will be available as of 12p (CST) tomorrow 7/30 for download if you want to manually update the phone yourself (This is a nice touch on Sprints part for those who just don’t want to wait) and as of Aug. 3rd Sprint will begin (OTA) over the air updates to the EVO Devices.

Froyo which is the latest (and very highly awaited) update to the Android operating system, will carry numerous updates and new features as part of its update.

Some of the changes are -

Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth.

Application Storage on External Memory, giving users more storage room for all their apps.

Camera 4-way rotation allows the camera icons to rotate with the camera.

Improved Browser Performance including a faster JavaScript engine and Flash 10x Support improving the user’s ability to view videos and available content associated with web pages.

For those who just can’t wait until the Froyo OTA update, you can manually trigger the download (As of 12p CST on 7/30) by doing the following

Customers can access the software update through their HTC EVO 4G under the Settings Menu > System Updates > HTC Software Update. This will initiate the three-step process also.

Software: Loudtalks Push to talk (For pc’s and Windows Mobile)

anovelo — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:14:00 +0000

Loudtalks (LINK: http://loudtalks.com/products_loudtalks_lite/) is a free push-to-talk for Windows Mobile. It utilizes Wi-Fi or your data connection and works between mobile operators and cross borders.
Unlike some of alternatives the communication is real-time and direct (peer-to-peer). Your messages are never stored to the server. There is a free Windows PC client software too so you can talk mobile to mobile, PC to mobile or PC to PC.
Features:

Push-to-talk
Contact list with online status
Voice history
Sound notifications
Works over Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE or GPRS
Compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 / 6.0 and on the PC side Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Linux using WINE

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Sprint: The EVO 4G’s are getting the OFFICIAL Android 2.2 update (froyo) starting as of Aug 3rd. (Or tomorrow 7/30 if you want to manually update your EVO)

Software: Loudtalks Push to talk (For pc’s and Windows Mobile)