This is a quick post to outline my updated steps for running Android 2.2 (Froyo) in a x86 VirtualBox environment. Assuming that VirtualBox is already installed, the steps are as follows:

• Download the Android 2.2 iso image from http://code.google.com/p/android-x86/downloads/detail?name=android-x86-2.2-generic.iso.
• Start up Oracle Virtualbox, and create a new Virtual Machine. Give it a suitably descriptive name, and set the type to Linux/Other Linux.
• Allocate about 512 MB ram to the machine, and select no hard drive for the machine.

• Update the settings for the machine, changing the Storage-CD/Device from Empty, and picking the iso image downloaded above as the existing (bootable) image  to use.
• Start  the virtual machine:

• Choose the option “Live CD – VESA mode”, and hit Enter

• From the Virtualbox Machine menu, select “Disable mouse integration”. This will make the Android pointer  usable in the VM session.
• On the keyboard, press the Windows menu key to bring up the Android menu.

• Clicking on the center left-hand panel (the keypad-like icon), brings up the main app screen.

At this point, you can navigate and experience the Android 2.2 environment exactly as if it were on a mobile device. Keep in mind that network services are using a virtual network driver, not true 3G. As well, there is obviously no Bluetooth or mobile connectivity available, so testing certain functions using those capabilities may be difficult.