Motorola releases timeline for Android 2.1 update
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In the second quarter of 2010, those owners of the Motorola CLIQ should see an upgrade to Android 2.1. The overseas name of the handset is the Motorola DEXT and the Latin American model will get Android 2.1 in this year's 3Q as will Asia-Pacific DEXT owners. European users should know that there is no set upgrade date for their DEXT as the move to Android 2.1 there is under consideration.
The link to the timeline came from a Motorola Forum manager...no, not the same one that started off this mess last week when he posted and then was forced to remove a list of what changes Android 2.1 will bring to the DROID. For what it's worth, we think that it will end up being that the list was right on the money.
source: droidLife
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2. testman22 posted on 14 Feb 2010, 10:21 0 0
That is the worst "timeline" ever. They released it to clear up all the confusion but couldn't have made it any more vague using words like "soon" and "up for evaluation".
11. BigRed83 posted on 14 Feb 2010, 15:53 0 0
The same "soon" was provided on the intranet for VZW Friday afternoon...
3. corporateJP posted on 14 Feb 2010, 10:22 0 0
I don't care when it gets here, I just want to know if it will kill the free tethering. Because "pinch-to-zoom" just isn't worth it if that's the case.
6. Striker13084 posted on 14 Feb 2010, 12:28 0 0
yes, it can, because you need to root it. We will have to wait for the root of 2.1 to get it back.
7. macron2000 posted on 14 Feb 2010, 12:58 0 0
Then they can keep 2.1 if that's the case. Tethering is way more usful than a pinch and zoom (saves me 30 bucks a month from having to do it with my BB). Pass.
4. charrion posted on 14 Feb 2010, 10:44 0 0
Hmm, no mention of the Milestone Telus will be releasing in Canada. Oversight, or will it be releasing WITH 2.1? Or is its update not even on the map?
8. theGodpapa posted on 14 Feb 2010, 13:16 0 0
Milestone is suppose to have 2.1 I believe already pre loaded out the box
9. uknow85 posted on 14 Feb 2010, 14:03 0 0
so if u guys are droid owners is this a good phone mines is coming it like 3 days
10. cellgeek82 posted on 14 Feb 2010, 14:14 0 0
Yes! It is an amazing phone. I have several friends who have iPhones and I have a iPod Touch (which is basically the same thing only mine isn't a phone) and I have to say the Droid is alot better! And true geek would like the Droid over the iPhone. No it doesn't have an Apple logo on it but that's what makes it better. It's open development, better hardware, software, and best of all it doesn't have iTunes or run on a crappy network. You can download an MP3 and then use it on other devices. There are more free apps on Android that are better than iPhone ones. Most iPhone apps that are free really suck, but most of the free apps on Android are actually useful. I'm not saying the iPhone isn't cool at all, yes its a nice device. But Android was better even on the first day it released. It took iPhone a few releases to become what it is now.
12. testman22 posted on 14 Feb 2010, 20:09 0 0
Just got the droid and LOVE IT. If we're gonna turn this into an iphone comparison here are some features that blow the iphone out of the water 1) FREE google turn by turn directions. Free is a term that apple is very unfamiliar with. 2) Multitasking. I can listen to pandora while playing a game or browsing the web. The iphone can open only 1 application at a time which to me seems unacceptable. 3) Notifications panel- Iphone is constantly interupted anytime you get a text or an email. Droid has the notifications panel so you'll be informed when you have a text, but not interupted. 4) Camera- 5 mp With flash and dvd quality recording 5) Verizon Wireless network- no dropped calls, 3G connection is great. I play pandora through my car stereo and never get any slow down in the music.
13. macron2000 posted on 14 Feb 2010, 20:59 0 0
I would reconsider item number 4 on your list. I agree with all else listed, but the Iphone camera and video recording/playback is perhaps the best out there (save Nokia N-Series devices). The fact that the Droid has a flash is not that much of an advantage considering the flash is not all that great.
15. jskrenes posted on 15 Feb 2010, 06:47 0 0
Never used an iphone camera, but the video quality on the droid is the best I've ever seen. If you have one of these, you don't need a flip video.
16. whocares posted on 15 Feb 2010, 18:25 0 0
also on 2 you cant run multiple apps but you can run itunes or be on a call playing on an app but both phones are great in their own ways imo.
