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by Jared DiPane
May 03, 2011
A few days ago we got word that the Motorola Atrix was to be expecting an OTA update that would bring many enhancements and fixes to the device. And today's the day, folks, with version 4.1.83 ro...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 27, 2011
We've been hearing about a beta test OTA for the Atrix 4G update for about a week but still have no reports of anyone receiving it just yet. We did discover the changelog though, and it has a fe...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 15, 2011
We all were a little surprised when HTC showed off the Flyer (see our hands-on here) and it wasn't running Honeycomb. It looks like they aim to fix this situation in the second quarter wi...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 25, 2011
T-Mobile has begun pushing Android 2.2 Froyo to users of the MyTouch 3G 1.2 Jack and the Fender LE edition. They had previously promised the update would begin on Jan. 12 but at least it is fina...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 20, 2011
Yeah, you read that right. The Samsung Vibrant is finally getting Froyo. Just like Samsung promised, lo those many months ago. T-Mobile CMO Cole Broadman confirmed to PCMag that the Android 2.2 update...
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by Cory Streater
Jan 16, 2011
Last week Verizon pushed the Froyo DL09 update to innocent Samsung Fascinates all across the U.S. The good news is DL09 fixed a major bug related to standalone GPS lock times.The bad ne...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 10, 2011
T-Mobile-centric news site TmoNews has gotten word from someone on the inside that a pair of issues have been discovered in the Froyo update package for the MyTouch 3G Slide. The first seems to ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 10, 2011
T-Mobile has sent word that users of both the MyTouch 3G 3.5 Jack and the MyTouch Fender LE will see Froyo start hitting their devices starting Jan. 12. The update is OTA (over-the-air) an...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 07, 2011
U.S. Cellular has provided a long-due update to their Android customers on the timeline they can expect for their phones to get updated to Froyo. The phones and dates listed are:Samsung Acclaim:...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 06, 2011
Google barely got done launching Android 2.3 Gingerbread and already 2.4 is being caught on camera. Dutch tech site Tweakers got to play with an Xperia Arc and were surprised to find 2.4 listed ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 05, 2011
In an announcement easily lost in all the CES news, Google has announced that Android 2.2 Froyo has found its way to more than half of all active Android devices. That number was at just over 40 perce...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 24, 2010
Not to get anybody's hopes up, but if this internal specs comparison is to believed, Verizon plans for Adobe Flash to be available on the Samsung Fascinate by the end of 2010. And to have Flash, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2010
We broke the news of the Epic 4G's impending Android 2.2 update yesterday. But for you doubters, Phone Area got a screen shot of the same internal Sprint memo detailing the changes. And, lo and behol...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 21, 2010
Rumors have been runnin' round regarding the Sprint Epic 4G's long-awaited Android 2.2 Froyo update. And it looks like Dec. 26 is getting nailed down as a probable date. Yes, we know how these "...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 20, 2010
OMG! The Nexus One will get its over-the-air Gingerbread update in a few weeks, according to the GoogleNexus Twitter account. In a few weeks?!?!? That means we should repeatedly hit the software updat...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 20, 2010
Good news for you folks with the non-U.S. version of the HTC Wildfire: Your Froyo update is on the way. OK, so's Christmas. But, really, it's coming. HTC said so on its Facebook page this mo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 17, 2010
The rollout of the latest update to the Evo 4G continues. We just got ours on our Google IO-era Evo (version 002), and the file name is different than the one that pushed earlier this week. It's no g...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2010
Have a Sprint Samsung Intercept and are still waiting on Android 2.2? Looks like it's just about here. In addition to the second-newest Android operating system (sorry, but we're all going to ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2010
HTC has confirmed to us that a maintenance update (3.70.651.1) is being pushed out to the Sprint Evo 4G as we type. No, it's not Gingerbread. Gonna have to wait a while for that, folks. Instead,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2010
Oh, by the way, the original Motorola Droid is getting that Android 2.2.1 update right ... about ... now. The upgrade to FRG83D brings you: An updated Twitter app with new authentication support...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2010
Good news for those of you patiently awaiting the Android 2.2.1 update for the Motorola Droid X -- it's available again. Just go to Settings>About Phone>System updates to pull it down.Funny...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 09, 2010
This is why carriers and manufacturers don't often say if and when an update is coming. LG first said on Facebook that an update to Gingerbread couldn't happen for its Optimus One line of Android smar...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 08, 2010
That update to the Droid X that we told you about last week has been pushed out to a few people today. For everybody left waiting, you can download a copy of the update form our forums, thanks t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2010
The Motorola Droid X is on the cusp of getting an update for some bugfixes and new features. No, it's not Gingebread. We repeat: It is not Gingerbread. The list of improvements in Version 2.3.340...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2010
The Nexus One will be getting its Android 2.3 Gingerbread update "in a few weeks," says Google's Reto Meier. That's in contradiction to at least two unsourced reports today, one of which ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2010
Gingerbread is finally here, folks. Google has just released the SDK -- that's the software development kit, the building blocks for the OS. We're about to dive headfirst into this guy, but here...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 04, 2010
For those of you dying to get your hands on an official Android 2.2 build for the Sprint Epic 4G, it looks like one has found its way onto at least one phone. The update, which appears to be build DK...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2010
We're still waiting on an announcement for Gingerbread, but damned if Android 2.3 hasn't shown up in a demo of voice search (in Cantonese) on the GOOGLEinHK YouTube channel. The video likely wil...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2010
Verizon's posted up a changelog for all to see of an upcoming update to the original Motorola Droid. FRG830 should be Android 2.2.1 and will bring you: An updated Twitter app with new authentica...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 18, 2010
The Google Nexus One just got itself a little update. It's still Android 2.2.1 -- no Gingerbread yet, folks -- and the 1.3MB download looks to be a bunch of patches and bugfixes. We've poked arou...
