The news we been waitin' for

[logicman]

Motorola Droid 2.1 Update Coming This Week! There are a few of you (you know who you are) that need to eat some crow.

[ksxox10]

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logicman wrote:

Motorola Droid 2.1 Update Coming This Week! There are a few of you (you know who you are) that need to eat some crow.

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Awesome news! Thanks logicman.

[AG17]

Does anyone know what type of issues will be address or what new features will be released in 2.1?

[logicman]

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AG17 wrote:

Does anyone know what type of issues will be address or what new features will be released in 2.1?

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Motorola will probably provide that info on their Droid Product Support page as they did for the 2.0.1 update. There's also Google's Android 2.1: How It'll Change Your Phone which appeared on PC World and Moto Droid’s 2.1 Update Coming Soon which appeared on Phandroid.

[AG17]

Thanks for the info. I'll keep an eye on it.

[axel_2078]

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AG17 wrote:

Does anyone know what type of issues will be address or what new features will be released in 2.1?

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From what I've been reading so far, 2.1 on the Moto Droid will not include live wallpapers, nor will it include the cool 3-D applications cube the N1 has.  It will contain the same weather and news widgits though.

[oottexan]

Do people get this excited etc when they get a windows update?

[fezzik]

Are Windows updates something to get excited about.  I mean it's just a different way to completely mess up your computer and open it up to hackers.  However, people do get this excited about other Linux updates.  Oh yeah.  Gotta love the 6 month schedule. 

[AG17]

Sounds kind of boring . I'm not expecting a huge leap forward but maybe some bigger issues addressed.

[fezzik]

I'm a little aggrivated that Google Googles will be pre-installed and I can't get rid of it without rooting.  Great don't give us the cool eyecandy but load us up with all the worthless junk you can.  Can't get enough of the worthless junk I can't get rid of.  No no please give me more of it. 

[logicman]

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fezzik wrote:

I'm a little aggrivated that Google Googles will be pre-installed and I can't get rid of it without rooting.  Great don't give us the cool eyecandy but load us up with all the worthless junk you can.  Can't get enough of the worthless junk I can't get rid of.  No no please give me more of it. 

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Unless I'm missing something, I don't see this as a big deal. Other than an unwanted icon appearing in the Applications Tab, what's the downside? I have owned WinMo PDAs that allowed you to store files in the unused portion of O/S ROM, but I don't think that's an option on the Droid. If the unused portion of O/S ROM was accessible I might agree with you.

[fezzik]

All of the programs are stored on the ROM.  You can't store programs on the SD card.  So them installing useless programs takes up the precious space in the Rom.  There is a total of 512Mb and the OS takes up just under 256, however, the more they add to that the smaller the remaining space is for us to install apps.  I don't remember how big Google Googles is but the combined total of all the pre-installed apps I don't use is getting up there.  Even if you aren't at or necessarily close to capacity it can affect performance. 

[wmorones]

So does this mean that the HTC Eris will not be getting this update yet i take it

[Dangerous_Dave]

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wmorones wrote:

So does this mean that the HTC Eris will not be getting this update yet i take it

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Yeah...what he said???

D Dave

[logicman]

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Dangerous_Dave wrote:

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wmorones wrote:

So does this mean that the HTC Eris will not be getting this update yet i take it

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Yeah...what he said???

D Dave

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Not sure how Motorola's announcement has any bearing on what HTC is up to.

[jayjay1122]

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wmorones wrote:

So does this mean that the HTC Eris will not be getting this update yet i take it

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Yeah...what he said???

D Dave

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Not sure how Motorola's announcement has any bearing on what HTC is up to.

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C'mon Logic, you're my man but I think that was a fair question considering this is an Android forum and not a Motorola forum. All the subject field says is "The news we been waitin' for". Granted it is clearly stated that the update is for the Moto unit once you open the thread, but I think it was just a general question to anyone about information on the Eris.

Remember, us Eris suckers are still on 1.5 so any glimmer gets us going!

[Dangerous_Dave]

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logicman wrote:

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Dangerous_Dave wrote:

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wmorones wrote:

So does this mean that the HTC Eris will not be getting this update yet i take it

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Yeah...what he said???

D Dave

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Not sure how Motorola's announcement has any bearing on what HTC is up to.

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Sorry Bro, but until one actually clicks your link, it's not immediately apparent that the news came from Motorola. Had it come from Verizon instead.......

[logicman]

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Dangerous_Dave wrote:

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Sorry Bro, but until one actually clicks your link, it's not immediately apparent that the news came from Motorola. Had it come from Verizon instead.......

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You and JayJay1122 are absolutely correct. My apologies for the snarky answer.

[Dangerous_Dave]

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logicman wrote:

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You and JayJay1122 are absolutely correct. My apologies for the snarky answer.

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Group hug??  

[fezzik]

The current rumor and mind you it is just that a rumor is that the Hero will be getting the update in mid March.  Now is that because of Sprint or HTC or what.  Might Verizon's Eris get it sooner.  It is possible if HTC has completed the update and the issue is with Sprint then the timeline is based on the carrier's testing and having the system set up and ready for an OTA of that size. 

It stands to reason that HTC might be part of the slow down.  They did have the software first but they were focused on getting the N1 out and then all the issues that came up that needed an update to fix.  they have been a bit preoccupied lately so it might be that it took them a minute to get the update for the hero based phones situated.

[jayjay1122]

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Dangerous_Dave wrote:

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logicman wrote:

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You and JayJay1122 are absolutely correct. My apologies for the snarky answer.

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Group hug??  

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Do we have to hug, can't we just "hi five" or "fist bump"?