Android 2.2

[Blahzee#AC]

Does anyone have a clue to when its coming out? Its gonna be awesome watching all videos on any website, cant wait. Discuss.

 

[rpfarrah]

Froyo is out for some devices. We're waiting for our turn.

 

[markhunsaker]

Rumor says sometime this year.

 

[bigk]

Rumor says sometime this year.

HTC has mention they would like to update most of the 2010 phones to froyo.

http://www.androidcentral.com/most-2010-htc-android-phones-will-get-froyo-2010

 

[x.v_]

Froyo is out for some devices. We're waiting for our turn.

Only the N1 prerelease...?

http://www.androidcentral.com/yes-version-froyo-were-using-isnt-final

 

[wowpaw]

HTC directly said 2n half of this year, so you can ponder what part of the 2nd half.

 

[NVR2ND]

HTC directly said 2n half of this year, so you can ponder what part of the 2nd half.

Sooner than Google's Spring 2010 estimate for the N1, I hope.

 

[rosariorose9]

And hopefully after HTC makes it available, Verizon won't delay the release even longer...

 

[Groucho]

That's an excellent point. Those of us that came to INC or any Droid for that matter from Blackberry are all to aware of RIM submitting upgrade builds to Verizon and Verizon rejecting them for all kinds of reasons. I used to think it was VZW being picky, picky but now that I have experienced the Android OS for a month I fully understand why VZW demanded that RIM do better. Is the same process followed with Android or is the OS easy to support so all the back and forth isn't as necessary?

 

[Charmed Juan]

Tactical error in getting the Incredible?

I gave my Motorola Droid to my son so I could take his upgrade and got the incredible (it's fun being me). I figured that the Sense UI would be OK and heard good things about it. I do like it, but now I realize that when Google pumps out a new version (Froyo this week, and Gingerbread next week) the phones that use Stock Android will get the upgrades first. My son may have a cooler phone than me soon.

What most manufactures don't realize, or don't want us to realize, is that when a new version comes out, it's like getting a new phone for us. You bet we are excited about it and WANT IT NOW. Granted the number of smart phone owners who actually know in advance that a new O/S version is on it's way and look forward to it is incredibly small. Not enough for manufactures to modify their marketing strategies, yet.

How fast HTC comes up with Ver.2.2 for the Incredible will be a big factor as to whether I get another HTC phone when my next upgrade (actually my wife's) comes up.