Today, August 12th 2010 the popular social media management tool TweetDeck has been release in beta form as an Android app. The company is opening its beta program this morning, and I was lucky enough to get my hands on a copy.

At first glance TweetDeck for Android is noticably a standout application on the Android platform and a real testament to what can be done with the Android OS API.

A lot of people think of TweetDeck as a Twitter application as they really started out that way. However, over the past year or so they have added quite a bit of functionality to their Adobe AIR desktop app, iPhone/ iPad apps by including Facebook, Google Buzz and Foursquare integrated into your social media streams and columns.

Well, TweetDeck for Android will not dissapoint as they have included all of the functionality from their iPhone and desktop apps and more in to it. My favorite new addition is the Blended Columns…Bringing all your Twitter, Facebook, Buzz and Foursquare feeds into the same column allows you to focus more on what your friends are saying and less on where they are saying it. This is done by changing the shade or color of the block behind the text to easily signify that you’re currently looking at a Foursquare update rather than a Twitter update.

If you’re an Android user make sure you sign up for the beta whitelist and get your self a copy too. Let me know if you have a different opinion or have your own reasons for using TweetDeck for Android.

Sprint has begun rolling out the Android 2.2 upgrade to HTC EVO users today, Tuesday August 3rd according to an announcement posted on the carrier’s Web site last Thursday night. Sprint says the upgrade is rolling out to EVO users in waves. All users should have the software by the middle of the month.

The release of Android 2.2, more commonly known as Froyo, has been one of the most hotly anticipated events in the OS’s history, but its release has been staggered so far. This rollout for the EVO users is the first of many 2.2 upgrades to come in the following months. Next we will see a rollout to the Droid and Eris followed by the release of the Droid 2 which will come with Froyo and then the Droid X, which is scheduled for upgrade on the Verizon network later this summer.

I’m not sure if this is the best or worst idea ever but I find the concept very cool so I thought I would share it with YISTA. This developer has developed a keyboard for the Android OS that doesn’t require you actually hit any of the attempted keys in order to type in English successfully. Instead the keyboard is inferring what it was you were trying to type by the location in which your figeres are attempting to point to. Essentially you just have to type in the same QWERTY order without actually pointing to the actual letter. In addition you don’t even have to have a keyboard present on the screen to accomplish your typing needs.

Sound impossible? Take a look at the video below and see for your self…

Accuracy not required.

Adobe has just announced the upcoming release of Abode Air 2.5 for Android. This newest version will include a new P2P video chatting app which they are candidly naming FlashTime.  HA get it?  (Android FaceTime!?)  They haven’t released source or a working beta yet, but from the sounds of it, this thing is close to being ready. Take a look at the video below and see it for yourself…

FlashTime Demo – P2P Video on Android with AIR2.5 from Mark Doherty on Vimeo.

UPDATE:

Just got my Droid X and I just wanted to give you my initial thougths.

* Big beautiful screen (not TOO big but just right).
* Extremely fast! Finally a smartphone with some guts! The Droid is way underpowered for the Android OS IMO.
* Camera quality is great but it still take a few extra seconds for the picture to be captured.
* On screen mult-touch keyboard is THE BEST I’ve ever used on any device (including the iPhone).

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This shows that you do not need sophisticated robot to solve Rubik Cube puzzle. ARM has shown the world that that can do it with Motorola Droid and LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Of course not as fast as some robots but still commendable at 24 seconds. Watch the video after the break.