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  • The Froyo home screen adds permanent soft buttons for the phone and browser functions.  It also features an improved weather and news widget and a tweaked search widget.3181209
  • Holding the menu icon at the bottom brings up the home screen preview panel for quickly jumping from screen to screen. Up top is the unfortunately essential power management widget.3181210
  • Tapping a contact's picture brings up a shortcut menu to call, text or e-mail them.  It even shows their latest status update and allows you to reach out to them on social networks or get quick directions to their address.3181203
  • Tap a contact's picture in any app and you'll be presented with the option to call, e-mail or reach out to them on social networks.3181202
  • The Android Market is still loaded with lots of crappy (potentially dangerous) apps.3181204
  • Flash 10.1 for Android is one of the highlights of the OS.  As are automatic updates (checked off in this image).3181207
  • Adobe has even compiled a quick showcase of what mobile Flash is capable of.3181208
  • Flash gaming site like Kongegate have been quick to push mobile friendly versions out the door.3181211
  • It's hard to tell from a screen shot, but trust us that video is playing back flawlessly.3181213
  • Switching browser plug-ins to 3181206
  • Flash games that don't require keyboard input, like 'Plants Vs. Zombies,' worked pretty well on our Nexus One.3181214
  • Froyo finally brings batch updates to Android, a frustrating oversight in past versions.3181220
  • The notification bar at top will alert you to successful updates, even if they're automatic.3181221
  • Froyo has added the ability to move apps to the SD for additional application storage. This only works on certain apps however.3181212
  • The ability to set up a mobile hotspot is another killer feature, shame it's buried in the settings menu.3181218
  • The search widget isn't just limited to the Web or contacts.  Other apps can hook into it for additional functionality.3181215
  • Almost everything on Android can be rotated to function in landscape mode.3181205
  • It's in beta right now, but the send to Android extension for Chrome combined with its partner app on the smartphone is a killer feature.3181216
  • The speech to text functionality of Android is downright impressive.3181217
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