Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S (GT-i9000) is officially getting Android 2.2. The press release — which is dated October 18 — lists: voice-controlled GPS through Google Maps with Navigation, faster performance by JIT(Just in Time) compiler, Search in-browser, and Adobe Flash Player 10.1″ as some of the improvements being implemented by Froyo. The release states that the upgrade will “be available from the mid of October 2010 in the Nordic region and gradually rolled out to othe...

If a report by the Korea IT Times is to be believed, Samsung is preparing an extremely aggressive launch for its Galaxy S; one which would see the Android smartphone launch in 110 countries in a single day. There’s no definitive word on when the launch will occur, but the smart money is on it going down this month or early next. In all likelihood, the spectacle is being planned with the intention of drawing as much media attention to the handset as possible, and, as Korea IT Times points out, it also hi...