Android 2.2 Will Bring Flash, Kindle This Summer

Google and Adobe sure do like each other – a lot – as they are showcasing the seamless Flash experience that will be available with Android 2.2.

The update is supposed to bring 450 percent performance improvement and  amazingly crisp Flash playback. It will also give you a list of flash-enabled sites (counteracting the HTML5 list that Apple displays). Sadly, most of the websites are in mobile form, meaning you won’t be getting the whole web experience. Wait, what? Yes, it’s true.

Amazon also wants to snuggle up to Google in a move to bring Kindle app to the Android Marketplace (which has recently undergone some aesthetic design changes). They hope to bring their entire bookshelf to the Android by this summer.

AT&T Goes Android With Dell Mini 3, Others

AT&T will soon be getting some phones in Android flavor, thanks to this year’s CES.

Dell has announced it’s Mini 3 smartphone, and expects for it to ship in the first half of 201o to AT&T.

The device will most likely carry the specs of a 3.5-inch 640×360 display, Bluetooth, 3 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash, microSD, and GPS.

AT&T themselves have stated that they’ll be launching a total of 5 new android devices for 2010, which will come from Motorola, Dell (mentioned above) and HTC. The Motorola device has a “unique form factor”, and running Blur. HTC will have three devices, one of them being an exclusive deal with AT&T. But hey, that could just mean a case redesign….

Side note: Since Android is coming to AT&T, could this be the end of AT&T and Apple’s exclusivity deal? Uh oh…

Headlines Missed from Last Week

Bamboo Multi-Touch outed, only $69 somehow at BestBuy. It was unboxed and reviewed.

Android SDK 1.6 available now.

Nintendo DSi coming to America in pink and white colors.

Snow Leopard already more than double Leopard sales.

Music Industry wants royalties for the 30 sec preview in iTunes. They probably won’t get it, since the interweb community has lashed out against it.

Motorola first Anroid phone: Cliq

We heard earlier this year that Motorola was making an Android phone for T-Mobile. The rumor was definitely true. Motorola introduced its first Android (1.5 cupcake) phone: Cliq.

This touchscreen smartphone includes a lot of features such as : MotionBlur, new widgets, HTML Google browser, Google maps, Picasa, Google Voice Search, Gtalk, e_mail client, and QuickOffice Suite. It has 3G capabilities, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 5-megapixel camera. The phone comes preloaded with Amazon mp3 store, Youtube, Shazam, LastFM, and Imeem. Not only that, it streams updates from Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace on your home page. Rated talk time is 6 hours and up to 13.5 days of standby time.

The Motorola Cliq will come to T-Mobile later this fall.

Can the Moto Cliq stand up to the iPhone or even the Pre? They have got lots of competition ahead of them.

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