Motorola ‘jumped the gun’ with details of Droid’s Android 2.1 update
Turns out all that excitement and frothing at the mouth was for nothing, as Motorola’s surprisingly nippy move to Android 2.1 on the Droid isn’t going to be all that rapid after all. The Moto Owners’ Forum manager has admitted that a few trigger-happy souls rushed out the details of the Droid’s upcoming OS update ahead of time, and the current situation is quite as it was before this news: your Droid will be chomping down on an Eclair, just not as soon as you might have been led to hope.
Read the rest of the story on Engadget.
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Over 20,000 Apps Now Available For Android
One way of noticing that the Android OS is poised for a big breakthrough at the expense of Windows Mobile, Symbian and other operating systems designed to run on various mobile devices, is the number of applications already available for download in the platform’s own application store, Android Market. Lo and behold, that number hit the 20,000 milestone just moments ago, a little over 5 months since it reached 10,000 apps.
Source: Washington Post
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Motorola Droid Unofficially Gets Android 2.1
You don’t have to wait for Google’s own Nexus One; you can have the new Android 2.1 OS if you’re a Motorola Droid owner. It’s only a hack of course, so nothing official. The video evidence only show us the boot up animation. But we’ve already seen this Nexus One bootup! We see a glimpse of the home page, but the locked icon on the right doesn’t give us much more info on the operating system itself except that it apparently boots up less swiftly than we first imagined, even on a powerful handset like the Droid.
Source: PMP Today
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Motorola MILESTONE Sold Out in the UK, Commercial Emerges
Motorola’s second mobile phone that runs under Google’s Android operating system, the Motorola DROID, has just reached the market in the UK as the MILESTONE, exclusively via Expansys until the end of the year. The phone has seen a lot of traction in the US, and it seems that it is also poised for great popularity on the European market, as Expansys announced it was sold out in only three hours after the availability started. However, the stock has been replenished already, according to the retailer.
Expansys CEO Roger Butterworth said: “This is an exciting announcement for eXpansys, as we believe the MILESTONE will exceed our customers’ expectations. Our strategy has always been to offer breakthrough smartphones and gadgets, which enrich our customers’ lives. We know our customers want to be the first to get hold of the MILESTONE and try the latest Google platform and that’s why we’re offering up to £100 cash back for customers eligible to trade in their old phone.” Unfortunately, the exact amount of MILESTONE units sold until now hasn’t been unveiled.
Source: Softpedia
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What is the Android 2.0 release date for the Motorola Cliq
Here is the response that Android and Me got when they asked Motorola if the T-Mobile Cliq would get 2.0. Note how they say the phone can receive updates, but do not confirm 2.0.
“In regards to CLIQ with MOTOBLUR, it can be upgraded over-the-air and will evolve to support how people’s needs change. However, we haven’t announced any updates at this time.
The Droid that was released with Verizon is 2.0. But at this moment we cannot confirm when an upgrade will be available for the Cliq. However the phone is ready to receive software upgrades to both the Google Android OS, and the Moto Blur interface, therefore upgrades are being planned, but we don’t have a release schedule, or confirmation up to which Android version it’s going to upgrade.”
Doesn’t look good for the Cliq…
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