Daniel Lyons — of Fake Steve fame — is ditching his iPhone:
The new version of Android — version 2.2, a.k.a. Froyo — blows the doors off the iPhone OS. It’s faster, for one thing. It also will support Flash, something Apple refuses to do, mostly out of spite.
The new Android OS will support tethering, meaning you can use your phone as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, connecting your computer to the Internet. Apple and AT&T say they’re going to offer tethering—someday. It’s just not clear when. Which is why today, just to be mean, Google showed an Android phone tethered to an Apple iPad. Big laughs all around.
Froyo also will let you buy songs over the air and download them directly to your phone. It will also stream songs from your music library to your phone. I don’t really use my phone as a music player that much, but still, it’s impressive that Google has this feature and Apple still doesn’t.
Froyo is no doubt impressive — it’s features make the iPhone OS look crippled by its dependence on iTunes. However, the bit about Flash not being on the iPhone because of spite is just plain wrong. Flash sucks on Android, where it’s just now in limited beta.