Waiting for updates is a seemingly perpetual task for Android lovers who don’t want to do it themselves, but HTC is having a pretty good start to 2011. We saw an update for the Magic late last month, and now there’s an update to Froyo for the HTC Legend as well.
We spend quite a bit of time around here grumbling over the slowness of Android updates, so it’s always good to learn that a phone has made the jump. And in this case it’s a venerable veteran: the HTC Magic, which Vodafone started selling back in June 2009.
We recently told you about an unofficial way to upgrade the Dell Streak to Froyo, but now the Android 2.2 goodness is officially available — and not before time.
The Dell Streak is a pretty nifty Android tablet/phone with one big negative: it only runs Android 1.6. The Android Australia blog details the process needed to upgrade the device to Froyo.
Nick at Gizmodo has been hassling Telstra again about the long-running Froyo update for the HTC Desire saga, and the latest claim is that the update will actually be out this week. Still no word on whether it will be an over-the-air option, and quite frankly we’ll believe it when we actually see it. Update: as several commenters point out below, the update has finally arrived. [Gizmodo]
There’s only two things we can say with certainty about Telstra’s “official” Froyo update for the HTC Desire: it’s already overdue, and no one at Telstra seems to know yet when and how it will be delivered.
Back on September 15, Telstra promised it would deliver the long-awaited update to Froyo for customers who had purchased the HTC Desire. One month later, it hasn’t happened, but Telstra is still claiming it will happen in “the next few days”.
The timeframe for Froyo on the LG Optimus is a little vague, but Android lovers rocking the HTC Desire have a more definite timetable: Telstra has said there’ll be an over-the-air update to Froyo within the next four weeks.
Android 2.2, or “Froyo”, was announced months ago, but it’s just now rolling out to popular Android phones like the Droid, Incredible and EVO 4G. So what new and improved features should you look for now that you’ve updated? Take a look.
Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) has plenty of great features, but with existing Android phones in Australia running on a wide range of versions, finding out when (or if) you’ll get an upgrade can be tricky. Fortunately, Jenna Pitcher at Delimiter has a pretty comprehensive roundup of when 2.2 will be distributed by Australian carriers.
