Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Devices Supported:
* iPhone 2G
* iPhone 3G
* iPhone 3G[S] (old bootrom)
* iPod Touch 1G
* iPod Touch 2G - non MC
In addition, Froyo offers significant performance enhancements, new enterprise capabilities, a supercharged V8 Javascript engine, as well as a fresh set of APIs and services.
"The growth of the Android ecosystem continues to exceed our expectations. Every day, 100,000 new people start using Android-based handsets," explained Google spokesperson Andy Rubin.
"There are now more than 180,000 active Android developers who have contributed over 50,000 apps to the Android Market."
Meanwhile, Android SDK Tech Lead Xavier Ducrohet offered an in-depth look at some of the enhancements in the latest version of the OS, including:
- Speed: The Dalvik JIT compiler in Android 2.2 delivers between a 2-5X performance improvement in CPU-bound code vs. Android 2.1.
- Enterprise capabilities: Google has added Exchange capabilities such as account auto-discovery and calendar sync. In addition, device policy management APIs now allow developers to write applications to control the following security features: remote wipe, minimum password and lockscreen timeout.
- Faster, more powerful browser: The V8 JavaScript engine - which is now part of the the Android browser (in 2.2) - results in a 2-3X improvement of JavaScript performance vs. 2.1.
- Rich set of new APIs and services: New data backup APIs allow apps to participate in data backup and restore. Apps can also utilize Android Cloud-Device Messaging to enable mobile alert, send to phone and two-way push sync functionality.
- Additions to Android Market: The Market currently offers Android application error reports, along with a bug reporting feature.
Labels: Android 2.2, for mobile, Google, new video
NASA announced an MMORPG they were working on a while ago, but since that announcement, little has been said about the game. The NASA MMO is currently named Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond MMO, with very little info being released. However, they are launching a mini-demo game that looks like it will have some multiplayer. Moonbase Alpha will launch July 6th and might just give us a taste of what the NASA MMO will look and feel like.
The official website for Moonbase Alpha only has a teaser as of now. From the trailer, it looks like a cooperative building scenario game. It’s not really an MMO, but it’s the precursor, so it’s definitely worth a look.
We’ll be checking it out here at MMOCrunch.com come July 6th, so stay tuned for more information.
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