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He should have said "Hell, yes, and soon, and it makes the Droid faster, and the Droid is one of the few pieces of hardware you can buy today that has 3D capability with Android."

Those two really look like they're enjoying their joint appearance, btw.]]>Jan 5th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/Jan 5th 2010 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/
As a "prospective Android customer" you should know that even if there isn't an official update for any of these phones, the hackers won't stand for that. We Droid owners are already running most of 2.1 + have a multitouch browser thanks to the guys over at www.sholes.info There are some complete 2.1 roms available, but I think the most stable has been a simple 2.0.1 rom with some 2.1 apps ported including a multitouch browser.

I'm not impressed with the Google Nexus One. I need a full keyboard. Sure a 1GHz processor is great, but if it's not being utilized and your browser isn't moving any faster it's not a big deal to me. The Droid is already fast.

I do however believe that Motorola and Verizon invested a TON of money in advertising for the Droid, I highly doubt they WOULDN'T update to the latest firmware until as long as the phone could handle.

I think the biggest disappointment of the Nexus One was we were expecting something game changing. That didn't happen. I think the idea here is for Google to be able to force other Android manufacturers to "keep up".

Now Moto or HTC or the next guy needs to use 1GHz processor as the baseline for a premium phone. Also the pattern I'm seeing is Google updates their firmware and allows one manufacturer to exploit that latest firmware on their hardware (i.e. Droid) for a while before releasing it to others. Now we'll watch Nexus One prance around with 2.1 while Droid owners wait (well the ones who haven't already got realized how to get it.

I see Google coming out with a new phone periodically maybe from different manufacturers annually to showcase their latest greatest Android release, and up the spec anty.

Anyway why am I talking about the Nexus One when this article was about Android 2.1 and the Droid? I guess Nexus One has been a hot topic lately. And we'll probably see Droid fanboys (me), iPhone fanboys (of course) and Nexus One fanboys (the people who said, I don't need a full keyboard).]]>Jan 5th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/Jan 5th 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/Jan 5th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/Jan 5th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/Jan 5th 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/Jan 6th 2010 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/Jan 7th 2010 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/motorola-droid-likely-getting-android-2-1-so-says-sanjay-jha/Jan 8th 2010 1:45PM