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Joe Hewitt “didn’t say Android is horrendous”

Poor old Joe Hewitt has been having a bit of a hard time on the internet over the last 24 hours, thanks to the Facebook employee being a little critical of Android’s development environment – which many took out of context as an ATTACK ON ANDROID. Well, Joe’s just put the record straight in a [...]

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August 26, 2010 in Firmware, Handsets, News

UPDATE: Three UK now rolling out Android 2.1 for its HTC Hero

Another piece of the Android 2.1 update jigsaw has fallen into place this evening, with numerous reports from Three users popping up to tell the world that Three has started pushing out the 2.1 update for its branded HTC Hero. Commenters on the Three Blog (and, er, EuroDroid!) are reporting success in downloading the first [...]

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August 23, 2010 in Firmware, Handsets, News, Operators

Orange: HTC Desire getting Android 2.2 on “August 27″

This just in from an ENRAGED customer of Orange UK, who has been bravely badgering the network for a date for its over-the-air update for the Orange (black) HTC Desire sold through the network. The result – August 27 has been given out as a date. Here is his tale: “I’ve called Orange several times [...]

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August 23, 2010 in Firmware, News, Operators

T-Mobile: Samsung Galaxy Portal will get Android 2.1 “within the next month”

Hooray! The Samsung Galaxy Portal, which is a very nice if slightly bland 3.2″ Android phone, launched with Android 2.1 as its OS on the Three network – but the T-Mobile version of the phone has been literally LANGUISHING with Android 1.5 since it appeared in March of this year. But that’s about to change. [...]

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August 23, 2010 in Firmware, Handsets, News, Operators

Vodafone FroYo update for HTC Desire is out now

If you were up very early this morning in anticipation of Vodafone’s release of 2.2 for its branded HTC Desire, you got lucky. The “FroYo” upgrade for Vodafone Desires went live as promised in the very early hours of the morning. And yes, the 2.2 update does indeed remove the rather unwelcome Vodafone 360 apps [...]

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August 23, 2010 in Firmware, Handsets, News, Operators

Motorola: Euro MILESTONE will get Android 2.2 by “the end of the year”

We’ve already had news of a future upgrade to “FroYo” for the European Motorola MILESTONE sort of confirmed by O2, but now we have OFFICIAL WORD from Motorola itself. The MILESTONE will get Android 2.2, with the tortuous task of updating a whole continent’s worth of Android phones to Android 2.2 starting from the end [...]

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August 21, 2010 in Firmware, Handsets, News

T-Mobile UK: FroYo update for HTC Desire due “next month”

T-Mobile has today updated its customers (scroll down) on when they can expect the Android 2.2 update to arrive for owners of T-Mobile branded Desires – and the answer is “next month”. So while Vodafone users should get Android 2.2 on Monday, T-Mobile owners are being told/asked to wait until September. Here’s a screencapture of [...]

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August 20, 2010 in Firmware, Handsets, Operators

Vodafone to launch Android 2.2 update for HTC Desire on Monday August 23

It’s nearly here. After all the “troubles” of the branding scenario, Vodafone has today put an official date on its over-the-air “FroYo” update for its branded HTC Desire. It’ll start to appear from Monday, August 23. Next Monday. The very next Monday! There’s a massive explanation of the ins and outs and technicalities of the [...]

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August 20, 2010 in Firmware, Handsets, News, Operators

Vodafone: HTC Desire 2.2 update in final approval stages

Vodafone’s doing a rather good job of keeping its angry Desire users notified of the timescale of the “Froyo” update for its HTC Desire these days, with little comment issued early this morning telling everyone it’ll be out in “days, not weeks”. The Android 2.2 update for the network’s (very) branded HTC Desire is currently [...]

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August 18, 2010 in Firmware, Handsets, News, Operators

Many users reporting download errors in the Android Market

We can’t replicate this problem “in house” here, but there’s a MASSIVE thread over on the Google Help Forum filled with users currently unable to download Android apps through the Android Market. It’s been stopping users from across Europe, on all manner of networks and phone combinations, from downloading apps since at least last Friday. [...]

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August 17, 2010 in Apps, Firmware, News, Operators