Google announcing Froyo was great, but they blew our minds with two previews of upcoming Android features: Over The Air application installation and remote music streaming. OTA installation is as simple as you would expect it to be, after browsing an app on your desktop, you can push it to your phone and install it with just a single click, all done over the air. Interestingly, Google also showed music being purchased and transferred from the Android Marketplace in the same way, which could be indicating a deeper push towards music integration, or just be a nice demo. Either way, they are headed in the right direction because the less wires we need to carry, the better.
The remote music streaming was a bit more complex. Google bought a company called simplify media which makes a bit of desktop software that can stream all your music directly from iTunes to your phone. The demo was very interested - you just open the app and push "all", and all your music is instantly available. Whether or not this will work over 3G or be limited to the local network is still up in the air, but we know we are dying to try it out.
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