http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/ Engadget Comments for Motorola Backflip now scheduled to get Android 2.1 update in Q3 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Your question is answered in the next comment from "nerdron"! :)]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/At 99bucks for two phones I would say alot of people]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 14th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
Q3 is long? give me a break. I've been waiting since november of 2009 to at least get Android 1,6 on my (now) very outdated Samsung Galaxy that is still running on 1.5 (Cupcake), I know its pathetic.]]>Apr 13th 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.crummy.com/software/eater/eater.cgi?url-EoM=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2F2010%2F04%2F13%2Fmotorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3%2F%23comments&eat-EoM=endings]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/nice]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/side loading apps and all :)
DROIIDD!!]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
Q3 really that means september, I would be on another phone by then. not to mention it will be android 3.0 by then]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Would you people shut up about "fragmentation". Fragmentation is when platforms diverge, say, if someone took 1.6 and then built up their own alternative 2.1 and released that. Then you have two *fragmented* paths - one set of APIs in one platform, and an entirely different set in the other. That's not what is happening here. 1.6 devices just have a strict SUBSET of the APIs available in 2.1 (or in any case, a developer can clearly identify whether a given handset has the capabilities needed to run his app).

And to your other question, it is the manufacturer, the carrier and sometimes Google that make the decision of when to release a change. Don't be stupid - it takes time for changes introduced between 1.6 and 2.1 to be merged into the software of a phone like Backflip, so I'm sure the Q3 timeframe is as soon as they could get it in there and tested. No, it's not soon enough and they all need to think about how to make the process go faster, but you can't seriously think anyone is intentionally delaying it simply to annoy you or some other preposterous explanation. ]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
BS man, BS.

Fragmentation is also where the hardware that the OS is on diverges so that the developers cannot target one platform.

It is made worse when all the different configurations of hardware are running different versions of the OS so a developer is really screwed and ends up writing for the lowest common denominator.

You are referring to forking.

As for Android, if you are a developer what would you write for? Right now it would come down to being phone specific, not OS specific.

That is a bad thing.]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
...Man, the verbs I use...]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
But as long as the experience is great and the users are enjoying their phone, it's no big.]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Are you serious? Have you ever tried to merge two loadlines together when you've made some pretty significant changes to one? It's not trivial. Add on top of that the very extensive testing that has to be done to make sure it still works as it should before you can roll out the release, and time adds up quickly.

Don't think that Motorola and others don't know they need to find a way to drastically shorten their development/testing cycles to adjust for these frequent Google releases. They do, but give them a bit of a break - Android has been making enormous strides release to release, so it does take *some* time.]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 14th 2010 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
Oh you know, nothing much to bitch about regarding Apple at the moment so they take it out on you.

The world of the bitching troll is an endless rolling tide of something to hack on.]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/

-Sent from my Backflip on America's most crippled 3G network.]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/So don't wait for At&t to get a "good" android phone.]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/You know that Android homescreens are just apps that can be changed anytime you like, right? That includes BLUR. I don't know why you would buy it if you don't like BLUR but it's your choice.]]>Apr 13th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Yeah I didnt know they were just apps I thought what you see if what you get and there would be no way to change it. But if you have the ability to change blur and revert it thats great. I like the standard look better.]]>Apr 13th 2010 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
Praise the Lord for competition!!]]>Apr 13th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/My touchdiamond even has 2.1 on it :( ....and it doesn't even do multi touch]]>Apr 13th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
So far, I really, really like this device! I have downloaded several apps from the market (where thousands are available). I now have push email from my company's Exchange server, great text messaging application that mimics the iPhone's threaded conversations, Facebook app, and the Opera mini 5 browser which is fast as hell. Motoblur tied all of my phone contacts to their Facebook accounts so their pics come up when they call....pretty damn cool!

The only app I wish I had is the new version of Google Maps with turn-by-turn. Unless it's disabled by AT&T, it will come with the 2.1 update. I am thinking that AT&T will not disable it since a few other non-AT&T navigation apps like Co-Pilot are available in the market.

Is the search tied to Yahoo? Yes. And it's really no big deal. And I trashed the other AT&T crapware widgets off my homepage. The battery life is medicore, but I am getting around 16 hours with a few phone calls and texts each day, wifi and gps ON, and Touchdown synced to Exchange 24/7. I can live with that.

So for all the people that have never really experienced this phone, quit flaming it! It's actually a really cool device that works well.]]>Apr 13th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/Apr 13th 2010 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/
This is hands-down THE absolutely BEST subsidized Android phone for AT&T.]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/motorola-backflip-now-scheduled-to-get-android-2-1-update-in-q3/aaahhhh...we see what you did there;) +1]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:19PM