Android Versions

Motorola addresses Droid X Froyo issues

Motorola addresses Droid X Froyo issues If you recently upgraded your Droid X to Android 2.2, you have probably experienced your share of cuss-worthy moments of frustration with the new software, which seems to have brought as many new problems to the X as it has features. Motorola is well aware of what's going on and has detailed the bugs over at their support forums. Fixes are on the way.... Read more »

Gingerbread: The confirmed, the unconfirmed and the desired

gingerbread_man It's been more than four months since the last Android software update, and that could only mean one thing.Gingerbread's release is just around the corner, which could be 3 or 6 weeks away depending on who you ask. Nonetheless, we're an optimistic bunch here at DroidDog, so we're going to go ahead and assume Gingerbread it's coming out around 15 days from now. In... Read more »

Sony Ericsson misses the Froyo boat

Sony Ericsson misses the Froyo boat Man, did SE blow their foray into the Android world. When those first images of their custom UI--then known as Rachael--broke lose a little over a year ago, Android fans went wild. When early units were demoed for tech bloggers, the software was non-responsive, but still impressive for its unique take on the Android experience. When release was delayed, delayed, and... Read more »

O2 Dell Streaks to see 2.1 very soon

O2 Dell Streaks to see 2.1 very soon Good news for Dell Streak owners in the UK today, as carrier O2 has conformed that ANdroid version 2.1 - Eclair - will be available for Streaks on their network starting September 1st, Wednesday. This is an interim release designed to keep rabid fans at bay while waiting for the current version of Android, 2.2, or Froyo. It will be a heck of a lot easier to justify... Read more »

CyanogenMod 6 stable release

CyanogenMod 6 stable release It's unlikely that any of you that are familiar with CyanogenMod have been waiting for this particular moment to flash version 6 of the most popular cooked Android ROM. Nightly builds and release candidates are probably holding fort on as many devices as any previous version of the CyanogenMod team's software. Nevertheless, this milestone should inspire you hackers... Read more »

Verizon begins Froyo push to Incredibles…really.

Verizon begins Froyo push to Incredibles…really. You read that right, folks, and this comes straight from VZW by way of some quasi-official email announcements and a very slow-loading (at least the time of this writing) information page. We've received so many tips on this OTA over the last week - each pegging a different release window - that the only viable option was to wait and see which one panned out. (Thank... Read more »

Motorola’s Android update plans

Motorola’s Android update plans Motorola has posted a detailed Android upgrade list over in their support forums that mostly confirms users' suspicions, for better and for worse. What's the worst news? CLIQ and CLIQ XT have been pushed from Q2 to Q3/early Q4... and Devour isn't getting 2.1 at all. DROID X is on track as planned for 2.2, and the Backflip will see 2.1 in Q3. Via Motorola... Read more »

Gingerbread, then Honeycomb

Gingerbread, then Honeycomb Yes, a lot of people have guessed that the next iteration of Android - after Gingerbread, that is, which most are pinning at version 3.0 - would be called (the registered trademark) Häagen-Dazs. I guess that was just as likely as Hazelnut Hotcakes or Honeypot, but TechRadar has word that the post-GB release of Google's OS will be referred to as Honeycomb. Sweet!... Read more »

DROID Incredible owners to see Froyo on Wednesday?

DROID Incredible owners to see Froyo on Wednesday? Hey there, Dinc lovers, I'm sure the last thing you want to hear at this point is an inaccurate rumor about the pending release of Android 2.2 for your slick little gadget, but Mashable writer Ben Parr says that sources have revealed Froyo's launch date to the social networking powerhouse along with this tidbit of information: Verizon workers are already running 2.2... Read more »

Lumigon T1 design updated, gains .1 Androids

Lumigon T1 design updated, gains .1 Androids Lumigon has been teasing us with their sexy designs since February, and we've known for a couple of weeks that their T1 was set to launch on October 20th. But what once was a white slab running Android 2.1 has now apparently become a black, Scandinavian beauty with 2.2 and JIT buzzing away under the hood. Other specs remain the same, and the... Read more »