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Getting an update to your device, especially one that has so many improvements and classy alterations, is like Christmas every time it happens. For some devices, it may happen more than once in a year, and for others (at least of any kind of magnitude), not so much. Android though, they’ve got this upgrade thing down, and have been pumping out an update one after another since the mobile Operating Systems launch. The next big thing? Android 2.1. It was announced with the Nexus One (which has been mentioned a few times this week, yeah?), and ever since people with previously released Android-powered devices have been clamoring for the software upgrade.
Just to be frank, the Motorola Droid (which is running here in the States, on the Verizon Wireless network) is currently running Android 2.0.1, but that’s not good enough. Folks with the device want the latest and greatest, especially when it has things like Live Wallpapers, or an application drawer that rotates like a toilet paper roll. They want those things. Unfortunately for those waiting for an upgrade, they are slow. They’re happening, it just takes some time. However, we do have a bit of a glimmer of hope, at least for those in the European region (which means MILESTONE owners, and not Droid adopters). On March 20th, Mobile Bulgaria has it that Vivacom (the region’s largest wireless carrier) will be offering up their own version of the Motorola MILESTONE, Android 2.1 and all.
So, what’s that mean for the rest of Europe (and Canada, by default)? We honestly don’t know. We’d love to tell you that Android 2.1 is now definitely confirmed for an end-of-March release, but we just can’t. Yes, Motorola and Google may be using Vivacom to usher in the new 2.1 update for MILESTONE users, but that’d be a long-shot, we imagine. Though, considering the mishaps that Motorola had regarding an update to 2.1 earlier in the year, we can’t imagine there’s much more time between 2.1 and DROID/MILESTONE users. Just have to hold on for a little bit longer.
[via Engadget]
For now, we’re planting this one firmly in the “rumor mill” category, and we don’t think we’ll be letting it out any time soon. However, if it’s true, then the folks living in what cell phone industries consider “emerging markets” are reading the best story they’ve read in weeks. Apparently, the folks over at Google think those aforementioned markets deserve their mighty Nexus One device, so they’re going to make that happen. However, it seems that the phone may be losing a few features along the way (unlike the Verizon Wireless model).
As the rumor goes, it seems that HTC (the phone’s manufacturer) has figured out a way to make the Nexus One thinner (consider our eyebrows raised), and apparently the device itself would be considered “downgraded” from the original model announced back in January. From our point of view, that could mean all sorts of things. The phone has a few stand-out features, like it’s 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED display, or its 1GHz Snapdragon processor, or even Android 2.1. So the fact that the emerging market version would be a downgraded model has us scratching our head in wonderment.
Again, this is just a rumor, but stranger things have happened. Getting the Nexus One name out there is a good plan for Google, especially considering they plan to make the Nexus name pretty synonymous with their efforts. Will we see a stripped down, “lesser” version of the Nexus One any time soon? That’s anyone’s guess. Only time will tell, and we have plenty of that, don’t we?
[via Android and Me]