I'm beginning to think this whole Android 2.2 thing was planned from the get go to take as much wind out of Apple's sails as possible.

Google knew when Apple's big announcement was going to be and most likely they had a good idea what it was going to be about (iPad / iPhone 4.0). So they let Apple do their thing and then after the media frenzy had died down a bit, made their big announcement. Of course Google I/O was already planned so that made the perfect forum to make their announcement.

Now to add insult to injury, the week after they talk about all the new features, they actually release them. Apple's iPhone 4.0 OS is not due until this summer and now when it comes out it will already be behind Android 2.2.

I'm not taking sides here, but certainly see it as a PR victory for Google. What I'm seeing out there is more Android news than iPad news.

Froyo looks like a great update, but I'm not clear on why it's the game-changer/straw that breaks the iPhone's back that everybody seems to think it is. Is there something I'm missing here?

Why do they "roll out" in such a weird way - why not make it available to everybody at the same time? Surely Google doesn't have bandwidth problems?

No update available on my N1 yet :-(

I also wondered ... is there no firmware to download and flash on your device? We have a nexus in the lab and I would love to try froyo out.

With Apple, you always get the new versions/betas the same day they are announced and can play around with them.

Could also smb. help me, I'm new to Android and I'm just wondering how easy is it to flash my custom firmware on a google nexus (bought over the web store)??

I thought Google usually publishes an update image that you can flash yourself if you don't want to wait for your turn in the roll out?

Anyone know what the story is on a UK Vodafone Nexus One? My wife might be buying one and I hear the upgrades on Android can be disruptive so I'd rather get it done sooner rather than later.

Does it come with Flash?

This guy got an Evo 4G at the Google I/O -- are we sure he didn't also get a N1? Google did mail out N1s and Droids in advance. If it was an N1 handed out at IO, not really surprising if it got the update early.

I'd like to hear reports of non-tech-reporters-who-went-to-IO getting it. For the record my N1 is still telling me no updates are available.