Android 2.2 (Froyo) on Motorola Droid Review

I was waiting for Verizon to upgrade the original Motorola Droid phones to Android 2.2. I was aware that I could do that by rooting my phone, but I didn't really need any of rooting features. All I cared about is stability and performance, so I didn't touch my phone.

Finally a few days ago Verizon upgraded my Droid to Android 2.2. I was very excited about it and immediately installed Chrome-To-Phone app on it. This app is a very cool one, like most other Apps from Google.

Pros:

The best thing I noticed about it was the overall speed improvement of the entire phone. Every app opens instantly on my Droid now. The next good thing is the ability of installing apps on SD Card which enables users to have more apps on their phones.

Cons:

Froyo has a lot of nice features, but it has a major problem. It uses a lot of resources which leads to faster battery discharge. Every time I kill running apps, I get a lot of free space. But upon using an app, those background tasks start working again. I don't even need the majority of them, such as corporate calendar.

One of the most disappointing feature of Froyo is lack of support for Persian, Arabic, or other similar languages. I was really expecting Froyo to support Persian, but Google really disappointed me. Froyo only shows disconnected Persian letters instead of Squares in previous versions. Hopefully Google will fix this issue in future.

Conclusions:

Froyo comes with a lot of pros and cons, but I tried to cover the major ones only. The overall improvement in speed is neutralized by the high battery usage of the phone. With all that said, I recommend using Android 2.2 because of its cool minor features compared to previous versions.

Published On: Aug. 29, 2010 --- Views: 405

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