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Motorola Droid users are awaiting an update to Android 2.1 for their Droid smartphones. The Droid update 2.1 has been tested and will be rolled out eventually, but no date has been set, confirmed Verizon.Tom Pica, a Verizon Wireless spokesman, said. that there was no delay, previously rumored, "The Android 2.1 upgrade for the Droid by Motorola was deployed to a small number of Verizon Wireless test users as scheduled this past week...We will keep you posted. We will issue no upgrade before it's time."
A full rollout of the update to all Verizon Droid by Motorola users will take place, but not just
yet. No date is scheduled.
Verizon usually sends out updates starting on a Friday, and then progressively extends the update over time. Verizon first tests the updates to make sure there are no glitches an sometimes takes longer than other carriers. The testing is important to OTA updates, T-Mobile pushed out OTA recently with an update to the the Motorola CLIQ, causing problems and a date error with loss of data.
OTA updates roll out over time. You will get a notification that there is an update. Tap on the update wait for it to install, the Droid may then reboot. Make sure that your phone is at least 40% charged.
The Android 2.1 system update for the Motorola Droid by Verizon offers a lot of perks to users:
- Voice to Text filling in of all fields on the Droid, by tapping the microphone and speaking the text.
- Pinch-to-zoom with your fingers in the browser, Gallery, and Google Maps.
- New Photo Gallery app with 3D layout and Picasa sharing.
- Live Wallpapers animated wallpaper.
- Yahoo! mail support.
- Google Maps update synchronized desktop maps.google.com and memorized locations.
- New night mode in Google Maps Navigation automatically changes the screen at night for easier viewing.
- Email accounts no longer need to be re-entered after an over-the-air update.
The Droid system update requires 40% or more power availability if not connected to an external power source and 20% power availability if connected to a power source. If you are roaming you will not receive a system update notice. You will need to enable Wi-Fi and wait for the update notice to appear or as mentioned above you can manually update by by selecting "Home" > "Menu" > "Settings" > "About
phone" > "System updates".
Detailed
instructions on how to upgrade and update your Droid by Motorola are available online at Verizon
Support.
Other Motorola Android smartphones are expected to
get the Android 2.1 update.
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Verizon
Motorola Driod, is part of the buy one 3G smartphone and get one free
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