Droid: Update on the update (or lack thereof)

John Walton

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The back-and-forth shenanigans regarding the 2.1 Motorola Droid update is probably almost as frustrating to bloggers as it is to the owners of said gadget. And while we may not know when or exactly what, something is in the air. The image above, capped by Droid Life, shows a grab of the Droid product page over at Motorola, including the link, “SOFTWARE UPDATE NEW.” It’s pointing to an old update, but if DL is correct, this link (emphasis on the word new) is new itself. A remnant of the company-wide stutter that started this whole debacalu? (Tip o’ the hat to Mr. Morgan.)

The image after the break, from Android Central, reveals that Verizon employees have been assured that the update is still expected to roll out soon.


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Via Droid Life and Android Central




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  • matthew4295
    I am running bugless beast 7.5 and it gives everything that 2.1 would have, except live wallpapers and 3D apps drawer, but apparently we weren't going to get that anyways. Try this, it is easy to install, gives you multitouch to browser, gallery (the gallery is like from 2.1), also overclocks your processor to 1ghz (but mine was already overclocked).... it is very stable and VERY fast! here is the website:
    http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=309&t=1553&...
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