Browsing the archives for the Firmware category
Browsing the archives for the Firmware category
HTC’s just issued the following official statement about the status of the “FroYo” Android 2.2 update for the HTC Desire. It’s starting to roll out across Europe this weekend. That man was not far out. The update will add 720p video capture, iTunes support through HTC Sync (!) and several other HTC Sense enhancements. Here’s [...]
Samsung’s UK Twitter channel has today told its fan base that the Galaxy S will be upgraded to the very latest 2.2 version of Android in a couple of months. The update is scheduled to arrive on “all networks” at the end of September, which is a pretty prompt turnaround, given that the Galaxy S [...]
There was a minor bit of FUSS yesterday, thanks to a popular Samsung firmware team announcing it had got its hands on a test build of Android 2.2 for the Samsung Galaxy S. Well they certainly did, and it’s now been released into the wild. And these people have got it up and running – [...]
A listing for the Chinese launch of a bunch of HTC Android phones made the claim that they’ll arrive with Android 2.2 onboard as their OS – even the rather humble little HTC Wildfire. We expected the new OS to hit the Desire, but the fact that FroYo’s coming to the Wildfire is great news [...]
According to this Dutch-language Android site, the HTC Desire will start seeing an upgrade to Android 2.2 from tomorrow – at least in the Benelux-branded part of Europe. The news comes via the Twitter account of HTC Benelux director Mark Moons, who spilled the rather spectacular beans like so: When run through a translator, that [...]
Numerous emails and comments have today confirmed that Orange/HTC have now pushed out the second part of the Android 2.1 update for the Orange-branded Hero. The Android upgrade dream is happening on Orange phones across the country AS WE TYPE. As ever, if you don’t yet have your update notification message, set your phone’s clock [...]
It looks like Google is getting ready to launch a new anti-piracy system for Android Market apps, with this post on the Android Developers Blog outlining how the upcoming new “licensing service for applications” system works. It’s a little complex, so we’ll let Google do the talking on this one: “This licensing service operating real [...]
So all you HTC Hero owners on the Orange network should be getting Part One of the Android 2.1 update right now – and what about Part Two? That’s on the way and should arrive from next week, says HTC. Here’s what HTC had to say about the 2.1 delay for Orange users this afternoon: [...]