Motorola is sending cease and desist orders to websites responsible for distributing the beta version of Android OS 2.2 for the Droid X. The reason being given is that the upgrade contains software that is copyrighted by Motorola, and therefore this company has the right to control how this material is distributed.
The smartphone debuted last month running Android OS 2.1, and an upgrade to the next version is definitely in development. When this is going to be out hasn’t been announced, and unofficial source say it won’t be available until early next month.
A beta version is available now, but is not the final one, and likely contains bugs that will be fixed later. Still, reports from those who have installed it indicate that it’s usable.
Manually installing pre-release software is not authorized by either Verizon or Motorola. The cautious can wait a few weeks, and Android OS 2.2 will be sent to their phone when it can be installed in the approved manner.
New in Android OS 2.2
The latest version of Google’s mobile operating system is required for devices to run Adobe Flash Player 10.1, which allows the web browser to fully make use of websites that use Flash for navigation, games, and showing video. However, Adobe Flash Player 10.1 itself hasn’t been released yet.Android OS 2.2 also contains a number of other small enhancements, such as the ability to store applications on a removable memory card.
Installation Instructions
Those who are interested in doing the unauthorized update should do the following:
- Make sure the Droid X has at least a half battery charge before starting this process
- Download the system software update
- Put it in the root directory of the microSD card
- Turn off the phone
- Turn the Droid X back on while holding down the Home key
- The smartphone will boot in recovery mode, indicated by an image of a triangle with a exclamation point appearing on the screen
- Press the Search button
- This will bring up an on-screen menu. User the Volume Up/Down keys to move to and select “apply update.zip” with the camera button
- The update process will begin, and take several minutes.
- When it is finished and the on-screen menu appears again, choose “Reboot”
- When the Droid X starts again, it will be running the beta of Android OS 2.2
Some homescreen widgets need to be removed and then replaced to work correctly.
Overview of Motorola Droid X
This recently-released smartphone has a tablet shape dominated by a 4.3-inch WVGA (480 x 800) touchscreen.
The Droid X runs Google Android OS on a 1 GHz processor, and is bundled with a suite of communication and entertainment software, such as a powerful web browser, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, plus music and video players. Users also have access to the over 50,000 applications available in Android Market.
Naturally, the Motorola Droid X supports Verizon’s 3G mobile broadband (EV-DO Rev. A) network, and also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a GPS receiver.
This Motorola model is well supplied with other cutting-edge features, like an 8 megapixel camera/video recorder, 8 GB of internal storage, and an 8 GB microSD memory card.
How to add videos and movies to Motorola Droid X for entertainment?
According to Motorola’s official upgrade timeline, the Milestone will get Froyo in late Q4, but only for Europe and Korea. The Android 2.2 upgrade for Milestone is “under evaluation” for Canada, Latin America, and Mexico.
As expected, other Motorola phones that launched with pre-2.1 versions of Android won’t get Froyo at all, at least for the foreseeable future. Motorola’s Cliq, Cliq XT, and Backflip are waiting for Android 2.1, for which the Motorola Devour was deemed unfit.
Starting out with version 1.0, Android is already at version 2.2. Unfortunately, while the Android 2.2 public build has been available for quite some time straight from Google, hardware manufacturers and wireless carriers alike have been a bit slower releasing their updates with only some phones actually receiving it thus far.
However, if you’re a Galaxy S owner, for instance, waiting next month for the 2.2 build you have it easy. It was just made known that the Canadian version of the Motorola Droid (known internationally as the Motorola Milestone) won’t be getting updated to Android 2.2 until Q1 2011.
Of course, this may change and Motorola may push forward the Milestone Android 2.2 roll out but for now take your anger out in the comments below.
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Android sales beyond the BlackBerry and the iPhone, won the largest share of U.S. smartphone market. In the spring quarter, HTC, Motorola and other manufacturers of small Android total market sales accounted for 34% of the U.S. intelligence machine, enough to squeeze under the RIM’s 32.1% and 21.7% of Apple. HTC’s Droid Incredible, Evo 4G and other sub-models got the biggest cake of 14.4%, LG and other manufacturers share of the smaller.
U.S. market research firm IDC released a report Thursday by smart phone manufacturers and global enterprises outside the top five handset makers to promote, the second quarter of 2010, the global handset market continued to show growth.
IDC data show that the second quarter of 2010, worldwide mobile phone shipments to 317.5 million, compared with the second quarter of 2009 increased 14.5% 277 200 000. First half of 2010, worldwide mobile phone shipments totaled 620.6 million, compared with the first half of 2009, up 18.5% from 523.5 million.
