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Motorola will roll out Android 2.2 next week
US PHONE MAKER Motorola will start updating its UK users' Milestone smartphones to Android 2.2 from next week.
The firm took to its Facebook page to announce that some European customers would receive the update next week, prompting a mix of 'yeah' and 'meh' responses.
Although Android 2.2 'Froyo' has been around for months now, this is a taster for Motorola, which said that a select group of users would be required to partake in its early trials. After this assessment it will gaze at its navel for a while before rolling out the update proper at the end of this year.
"Hello. From next week we start user trials of the European Milestone upgrade to Froyo. Once these are complete, we will know what further work is required to optimise, before going into final testing and approval stage," it said. "As previously we plan to start rolling the update at the end of this year, but wanted to keep you updated. Thanks", which is polite, informative and to the point.
One keen Facebooker responded positively, if somewhat ungrammatically, and said, "Whom does the user trial to froyo is been passed on to ? I would love to be a beta tester for UK Motorola Milestone . I will be reporting on the issues found when a person uses the phone in a REAL TIME . ( Daily basis)" Now that's an offer that the firm would be mad to ignore.
Others were less enthusiastic, with one describing the announcement as "Bollocks". Another added, "Are we meant to be excited for something we was meant to get months ago!?"
Froyo has appeared only on a handful of handsets, including the HTC Desire and the Google Nexus One, so perhaps this last person was being a bit unfair.
Motorola has not had an easy path to Froyo and in August of this year it sent out cease and desist letters to websites offering the download for its handsets. µ
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Mind you this is for one Device only in the sea of handsets Motorola is sporting.
And no most of us think it is not unfair...
The milestone was sold as being able to do all that what Froyo does. Motorola is 8 months late in Europe. While the US version has Froyo already.
Not to mention the Dext debacle. The US model (Cliq) Get's upgraded, the Dext get's a mention like "Best Software to hardware experience" and stays on the old version. (1.5)
Atleast samsung apologizes on there Forum pages for being late, Motorola only helps the US market and we Europeans and rest of the world get dumped after the happily toke our cash.
Word of the day #Motofail. I for sure will not buy any other Motorola device.
Cheers,
Unhappy XT720 (Motoroi) owner.
The comment "should have rolled out months ago" is not unfair, as the US pendent to the Milestone, the Droid, received Froyo shortly after the Nexus 1, months ago. Also, most of Motorola's US phones have been updated, including the ones whose non-US pendent will no longer receive any updates, ever. To add insult to injury, the bootloader of the Milestone is closed (checks kernel signature), whereas the Droid bootloader is open. So not only did our US brethren receive a timely update, they can update e.g. to Cyanogen Mod themselves any time they want. Us non-US proles can do neither. As a result, we of the non-US feeling a bit let down.
... so perhaps this last person was being a bit unfair.
Not the last person was not being unfair. Motorola already brought out Froyo for the Droid months ago. The Milestone is just a European Droid and there is very little technical difference. There is no excuse for Motorola to treat European users as inferior to American ones - we certainly have paid more - and we should have an upgrade a long time ago. I am going to remember this when I upgrade to my next Android phone.
Just as we all thought that Motorola has forgotten all us, and good news came. Thanks!
Just as we all thought that Motorola has forgotten all us, and good news came. Thanks!