Android Atlas Weekly 10: Androids... in space! (podcast)

Froyo rolls out to more devices, Android tops the smartphone market, and the Nexus One has a new life as an astronaut. Plus, guest Antuan Goodwin tells us about the highly configurable Tasker app.

Watch this: Ep.10: Androids... in space!

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EPISODE 10

• Savoring Froyo
• Sprint begins Android 2.2 rollout for the HTC EVO 4G
  
• Manual Android 2.2 Update for Motorola DROID
  
• Droid won't get hot spot feature with Froyo update
• Pandora and Froyo Not Playing Nice, Issue Processing Audio Files
  
• Android 2.1 running on nearly 60% of all Android phones
  
• Android hits top spot in U.S. smartphone market
• Schmidt: 200,000 Android devices sold each day
• Samsung to battle iPod Touch with Android
• Google offer Nexus One as unlocked Android developer phone
  
• Motorola, Verizon Working on Android TV Tablet
  
• Google Returns Personal Data-Collecting Wallpaper App to Android Market
  
• NASA Sends Android Phone to Space
  

App of the week

• Tasker

Notable new apps this week

• Rdio subscription service now open for business
• Vonage Mobile now making free calls between Facebook friends
  
• AT&T embraces bar code scanning with new app, services
• Facebook for Android catching up to iPhone Facebook?

Tip of the week
Send calls from a particular contact direct to Voicemail!
View their contact, menu>options, then click "Incoming Calls: Send directly to voicemail."

E-mail (aaw@cnet.com)
Hey Android Atlas Crew,

First...love the show and I wish it was on everyday. I am not brave enough to root my MyTouch 3G, do can you do a segment on the home replacement apps? I am looking for one that mirrors android 2.1 or Froyo.

Thanks
Eric from Alaska