Thursday, January 7, 2010

Motorola and HTC devices may get Android 2.1 update


At the end of Google's Nexus One press conference yesterday, Motorola's CEO Sanjay Jha stated that he "thinks" Verizon Wireless' Motorola Droid will be updated to run the Android 2.1 operating system, the version announced yesterday for the Nexus One.

The update would bring new UI features to the Droid, including a new app drawer, 3D accelerated applications, live wallpapers, an updated photo gallery application, and more.

Motorola isn't the only one considering the upgrade to Android 2.1. According to PC World, HTC's CEO Peter Chou also said that Android 2.1 would be made available to the HTC Droid Eris, also on Verizon Wireless. The Droid Eris runs HTC's highly customizable Sense user interface.

Neither Jha nor Chou gave a time frame as to when the Droid or Droid Eris would receive the update, and the jury is still out on how well the 3D features will work on devices that don't run the more powerful 1-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

taken from : mobileburn.com

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