Google Open Sources Android 2.2 Froyo To Partners
By on June 23rd, 2010

At today’s Verizon and Motorola event for unveiling Droid X, Google added another good news for device manufacturers.

Android 2.2 Froyo

Google has finally open sourced the code for to their partners who manufacture Android devices around the world. This would mean that device manufacturers will be able to customize Android Froyo to their liking before adding it to their phones.

However, custom made firmware also has its problems, since updates to Android may not be available quickly enough, specially when Gingerbread is being cooked by Google.

More info at the Official Google Blog.

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