Motorola: Droid update to Android 2.1 ‘will start to roll out this week’

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• Filed under: Mobile Phones
• Date: Feb 8,2010

We knew Android 2.1 was coming for the Droid, but we’ll confess – we didn’t expect it to come this soon.

Motorola is now reporting via its official Facebook page that it’s “happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade to Droid will start to roll out this week,” going on to tease that it “will have more information to share on other device upgrades later.”

There’s no detail on what the Droid update will entail or whether it’ll roll out to every user this week (we doubt it), but by all indications, this is a promising sign that Moto’s keeping the pedal to the metal, we’d say. Read the rest of this entry »

HTC Incredible caught on video rocking Snapdragon, Android 2.1 with Sense UI, and Verizon bands

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• Filed under: Mobile Phones
• Date: Feb 7,2010

The verdict’s still out on whether or not it’ll live up to its namesake, but the HTC Incredible is now officially out in the wild and surfing on Verizon’s frequencies.

Pocketnow managed to obtain a few details along with a batch of leaked photos and video, so here’s what we’re being told: Snapdragon processor, Android 2.1 with Sense UI, 256MB of RAM, optical mouse pointer, and dual LED flash for the camera.

The screen’s about 3.5 or 3.7 inches, WVGA resolution and possibly AMOLED. Traditionally shaky video reveal after the break.

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