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Motorola leaked a document where you can see their scheduled updates for Android 2.1. It’s not an exact when and where map, but you get the general idea. For instance the Motorola CLIQ will still receive the 2.1 update during this quarter, and DEXT will see the 2.1 in the third quarter.

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Verizon starts to roll out Android 2.1 for the Motorola Droid. The update is planned to go in different waves, 1,000 users first, 9,000 users the same day but later, and the rest of the users in a few days time.

Verizon’s internal email after the break.


Very nice hands-on video of the Samsung Galaxy S that was announced yesterday.


Samsung is currently making the announcement of Galaxy S. It will be a superphone running on Android. A 4″ Super AMOLED touch screen, 1GHz processor, something they call Content Ecosystem and Samsung Social Hub. Also a GPS with 3D Maps will make its way to the phone.

Update: Press Release and PR images after the break. Samsung Galaxy S will be available in Europe, North America, Latin America, Australia, and Asia soon.


HTC Heros around the world will start to receive their long awaited Android 2.1 (Eclair) update, starting from next week. The updates will start to roll out in Scandinavia on April 2nd.

This is the update schedule:

  • HTC EU (Nordic/Greek/RUS/UKR/SA) 2010/4/2
  • TMO – UK TMO 2010/4/16
  • UK/ES Orange 2010/4/16
  • TMO – DE TMO 2010/4/16
  • SFR signature Orange 2010/4/22
  • ZA(Vodacom) HTC 2010/4/22
  • H3G UK H3G 2010/4/22
  • HTC BE HTC 2010/5/4
  • HTC TUR HTC 2010/5/4
  • TMO – PL TMO 2010/5/10
  • TMO – HU TMO 2010/5/10
  • TMO – MK TMO 2010/5/10

The update schedule was posted at the XDA Developers forum, so take it with a grain of salt.


Samsung Galaxy Spica, or the i5700 as it is known in some places, today received it’s Android 2.1 update. Update the software via Samsung’s PC Studio 7 software. Hit read more for the full press release.


Sprint just posted an interesting tweet. The HTC Hero and HTC Moment will both receive their Android 2.1 updates in early 2Q10.

Now you at least know when it’s coming, and don’t have to wake up every morning waiting for a possible update ;)

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Engadget has found a spec sheet for the yet unannounced Samsung i8520 a.k.a. Halo. This little thing has a few very interesting features. Specs:

  • Android 2.1
  • 3.7″ Super AMOLED
  • 8 megapixel autofocus camera with flash
  • 720p / 30fps video encoding and decoding
  • DivX and XviD support
  • Bluetooth 2.1
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • 802.11n WiFi
  • A-GPS
  • 16GB internal storage expandable by microSD
  • stereo speakers
  • DLNA support
  • DLP pico projector on the back
  • Quad-band GMS / EDGE
  • Tri-band UMTS

The phone should be available in Europe and Asia in the third quarter. Boy do I love Mobile World Congress! Full specs after the break.