http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/ Engadget Comments for HTC: 'most phones' launched in 2010 will get Android 2.2 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/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/You'll need to hack them most likely, but then you can have froyo in a few weeks (expect flash performance to be horrible though!)]]>May 21st 2010 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/what are the new 2010 htc phones with 2.2? Will they be available in the UK? I feel like were being screwed as The best android phone weve got is the desire (i cant even get a milestone on contract).]]>May 21st 2010 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/How about the Nexus One?
I think it's on Vodaphone.]]>May 21st 2010 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/nexus = desire and I don't wan't either.]]>May 21st 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
yeah!HTC Hero(GSM) will skip the 2.1 update,and will go straight to 2.2 coming to the device in 2011,when 3.0 comes out!But then it will skip the 2.2 update and go straight to 3.0...and it goes on and on forever!

why is it,that i can't belive a word what HTC is saying about any update?hmm ]]>May 21st 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
If you bought a PC with Windows Vista, Microsoft didn't give you free Windows 7. (unless you bought during the 3 month transition phase)]]>May 21st 2010 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
Nexus One's sold on vodaphone will still get the update at the same time, even if provided by voda, its still completely unlocked]]>May 21st 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
So basically what you're telling me is because HTC wants you to buy another one of their phones they'll alienate their customers.

Something about that doesn't sit quite right with me.]]>May 21st 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.androidtechnical.info/romlib.html to get the latest ROMs.]]>May 21st 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/Windows doesn't come out every 6 months, or even every 2 years.]]>May 21st 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
Except, you know, if you want to be on a good carrier (Verizon, Sprint). AT&T and T-Mobile just don't cut it. Well... maybe if you're deaf.]]>May 21st 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
So odds are it won't go past 2.1

]]>May 21st 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 22nd 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
That's MOSTLY invalid now...well let just forget about G1 and other phones, they are old anyway]]>May 21st 2010 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
i'm talking about transitioning from Froyo to Gingerbread, will that be at the mercy of OEMs, or have they provided a solution? Why is no one questioning Google about this :/]]>May 21st 2010 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/For some people, no offense, they just like to have something out there that has some chance to go head to head with iPhoneOS so that they are willing to take all kinds of craps throwing to them by the big G. Joke aside, upgrade or not is soft of controlled by either the phone manufacturers or the carriers. It's not entirely up to Google.]]>May 21st 2010 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/exclusive-android-froyo-to-take-a-serious-shot-at-stemming-plat/

hopefully that comes true...]]>May 21st 2010 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
and that is a problem by itself. HTC isn't keen on updates (everyone agrees here) and rather change screen sizes, body sizes, button positions, upgrades/downgrades the ram and processor,creates a new phone and badge it with some random name every 3-4 months (everyone agree?). I see this as ending up being another one of those expensive hobbies similar to PC enthusiasts (chasing AMD Radeon upgrades and benchmarking OCs)]]>May 21st 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
@clue

thanks for the heads up, i hope so too... but I would say corporate greed will control the market (ie. HTC would rather sell you a new phone every few months)]]>May 21st 2010 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/If you look major updates for (ahem) other devices, think it's about once per year, so the update schedule of Android isn't that bad in prospective, although ideally obviously quicker is better. I think pure technical reasons mainly explain why updates depend on the manufacturer (for example custom UI like Sense) or carrier (the radio drivers are specific for the carrier and has to be tested to be working for every release, plus carriers will want to add in bug fixes for specific issues with that show up with their network).

Actually, I don't think Google really said anything about the decoupling of core apps in 2.2, they mostly focused on developer features today. However, I don't see why it's not possible, they've done something like that for Maps before.

In the meantime, it should be fairly obvious that if you want the quickest updates, buy a device with vanilla Android, preferably with clear Google partnership (right now that means the Droid and the Nexus One).]]>May 21st 2010 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
I see where you're coming from and clarification about Froyo's fragmentation fix would be nice, but worring about upgrade cycles is ridiculous my Hero does everything I need a phone to do and after getting sick of waiting root and a custom ROM have me running 2.1 VERY easily so what is there to worry about ?]]>May 21st 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
http://www.androidcentral.com/androids-andy-rubin-its-legacy-not-fragmentation]]>May 21st 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/Ultimately I think there will always be 2 or 3 version of Android running.
There are just to much devices.
it's not really a big deal since most apps are backward compatible.]]>May 21st 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
In today's electronic world, waiting to buy a gadget until the latest and greatest arrives, means that you will never own a gadget. Everytime something is released, it's eclipsed by something better down the road not too far away. ]]>May 21st 2010 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
in case you haven't read a single piece of android news in the last couple of days, froyo is much faster than previous firmwares]]>May 21st 2010 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/i'd be pretty mad if i'd brought an older android phone and couldn't get an upgrade.]]>May 21st 2010 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/Not to mention there have been several sub1Ghz Android releases such as the HTC Legend, and the Motorola Backflip that have been released alongside the Snapdragon high end models.]]>May 21st 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
That's vanilla android, so won't be affected by the HTC Sense time lag!

Like the N1, you should get it once Froyo is released :)]]>May 21st 2010 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
Ditto]]>May 21st 2010 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/May 21st 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
I can accept that G1 is a old phone since it was released in 2008.
But what about my HTC Tattoo that was released less than a year ago in September 2009? Is that an old phone too? I don't think so.
And you know what, I only have it for 3 months.
When I was buying it everybody on the internet were 100% confident that it will get 2.1, even my mobile operator told me that.
And all of a sudden it's an old phone.
I really can't accept that.
I am so angry on HTC and I don't think I'll ever buy their phone again.]]>May 21st 2010 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
But what is it you want the developers to do? Are you saying they should ignore the hardware innovations coming out and take older slower phones as the benchmark for which to build to? If your phone isn't fast enough to process Flash, or it lacks the hardware to process 3D accelerated interfaces, what really do you see as the solution? ]]>May 21st 2010 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-most-phones-launched-in-2010-will-get-android-2-2/
that's all bs, the hardware is fully capable of running éclair - even the g1 can do that
it's just that manufacturers don't want to upgrade "old" phones
(stuck on donut with samsung galaxy myself - officially i should still be on cupcake)]]>May 21st 2010 4:59AM