ive been wondering about that casue ive seen the track ball with diffrwent color lights but when i got mine i was disapointed

 

As it stands, you need root for trackball colours. As for Froyo, we don't know.

 

I guess Googles i/o was about the general things they were bringing to 2.2 not the things they are gunna do with the N1 so recon its just wait n see.

 

This seems like an interesting article: EXCLUSIVE: New Android 2.2 Features Exposed! (Update All, Auto-Update Apps, Speed Boost, Tethering, Flash, Color Trackball, Car Dock Improvements) [With Pics] | Android News, Reviews, Applications, Games, Phones, Devices, Tips, Hacks, Videos, Podcast

So it seems there's limited trackball colouring from 2.2

 

I don't understand why changing your trackball color is so important, I mean, come on!

Root or don't, but don't make your decision based on this fact alone! Jeez.

 

If you want something for the trackball go download lilhermits trackball pro. It lets you customize color for each app and notification. Very fun to use. You need superuser permissions

 

Yes, in 2.2 apps can set their own trackball notification color.

 

If I were you, I would still be tempted to root - battery life for me on 2.2, seems pretty bad compared to running Cyanogen (my preferred) and certainly, Enomther roms.....

 

And don't forget, OnionGirl is obviously female, so it goes that style is probably everything

 

The new beta ChompSMS, released today to fix issues with 2.2, has it, my trackball now flashes blue.

FroYo issues - chompSMS

 

Having different colors rates of blinking ont he trackball for Gmail , Tweets, individual contacts etc..

pffttt..
Anybody that does any messaging should see this benefit.

Theres a reason people were bombing google to reimplement it.

 

amen to that! having different colours so you know just from a glance what notification you have is genius. Doesnt seem like we can change the stock gmail colour from white though

My 2 colleagues here have rooted their phones and tried a variety of different kernels. The only time they out perform my vanilla build on battery life is when they tried using some lower power usage kernerls someone had built.

 

Just need to wait for apps to start having their own option.

Works properly in Chomp.

 

Works fine with sms popup also. I can changer colors for individual contacts as well as create my own color

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Handcent offers choice of trackball colours too now!

 

If the battery is running low then it flashes red

 

rumor probably started by an apple fan boy, google themselves because they pissed we took initiative, a pissed off hero user who just got 2.1, a mytouch user still on 1.6 or an evo buyer who thought for a second they were on our level. lol

 

Oh go on, root the phone, you've been thinking about it for ages I bet....I never had an issue with the phone in 4.5 months .

 

I don't see why some Dev does not come up with a non-root needing app that will allow you to change trackball colors. It's in the OS, just need some Dev to do it.

Oh well... I will root, but not until the official build is out and Cyan comes out with a Foyo build.

 

I expect Trackball Alert will be updated for Froyo support soon enough.