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There are devices discover there, same the example HTC Hero, that hit both traveler branded versions, and purely unlocked models floating around. This secernment between devices crapper attain it somewhat troublesome for manufacturers to promulgation authorised code updates to their handsets, as they not exclusive hit to care with unlocked devices making their artefact around the globe, but also those traveler branded versions, which hit to care with traveler optimized software. But manufacturers, same HTC and Samsung, hit figured discover a artefact around that: only promulgation the updated code via your website, for the pertinent device, and permit the someone update on their own.

It haw not be as cushy as an Over the Air (OTA) update, but at diminutive it meas you intend an update. However, if you encounter yourself with a Samsung Galaxy S device, and you’re branded by Vodafone, you haw poverty to conceive twice most upgrading some software. Apparently, Vodafone has begun terminating the traveler warranty of the device, if users establish “unapproved” code upgrades to their devices. That means, modify if you raise to the stylish edition of Android, no concern how diminutive the update, and you didn’t intend it specifically from Vodafone, they won’t do anything for you in their stores.

The traveler warranty module permit owners bushel or change their devices from the carrier. So, if you didn’t poverty to hit to disorderliness with that manufacturer’s warranty, this was your another choice. (But, you do ready the concern warranty.) The full collapse came from users discussing an update that Samsung prefabricated acquirable finished its copyrighted code KIES. Apparently the salutation from Vodafone hasn’t prefabricated some Galaxy S owners every that happy, for manifest reasons. Interesting invoke of events, surely, but we module hit to move and wager if Vodafone redefines their position, or if they definite to meet firm.

[via Samsung Hub]

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The listing discover for Android 2.2, or Froyo, has absent relatively meliorate than expected. It’s managed to attain its artefact to whatever devices that whatever didn’t conceive would intend it until the modify of the assemblage (like, Christmastime time), and we’ve modify seen a figure officially start with the updated ambulatory Operating System. With that existence said, though, there’s ease plentitude of folks discover there inactivity for their update. For example, T-Mobile UK customers discover there with the HTC manufactured Desire? They’re ease waiting.

According to T-Mobile UK’s authorised forum, and from a T-Mobile UK representative, it’s today been addicted that the Desire won’t be effort the update to Froyo until September. There’s not modify a limited fellow given. Just the generic “next month.” We’re not likewise astonied — the hang-up had to hap somewhere, whatever time. Just odd, since Vodafone customers with the aforementioned figure are belike effort their update this incoming week. If you’re on T-Mobile, ready your cards container on. Hopefully it won’t be Sept 30th or something.

[via EuroDroid]

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When the Vodafone-branded HTC Desire got Android 2.1, it was blanketed with plentitude of Vodafone’s 360 features. So such so, in fact, that plentitude of customers discover there weren’t bright with the update to their code edition at all. Thankfully, Vodafone’s one of those wireless companies that actually center to their customers, and hit answered back, and revelation customers meet poverty it effectuation to intend the Android 2.2 update. Which, for the record, is questionable to be emotional in the incoming heptad to 10 days.

Here’s the authorised evidence from Vodafone:

“We’ve listened to feedback from customers on a sort of points around the past 360 Android 2.1 update and prefabricated whatever changes to the listing discover plan.

We organisation to attain the 360 apps acquirable in a removed update for the HTC Desire at a after date, gift customers the pick to download it. We module permit you undergo when the fellow for conveying of the Android 2.2 update is finalised, but, person to testing, we wait this to be in 7-10 life time.”

So, as you crapper see, they’re attractive it pretty earnestly this instance around. And, we’ve got to saucer discover that they’re actually feat to withdraw whatever of their older applications, meet to attain customers happy. How awing is that? Not exclusive that, but if you do ease poverty one or digit of them, or every of them, they’re feat to attain them available, after their possess updates, in the Android Market. Again, stylish move, Vodafone. So, every you Desire owners discover there with the brand, agog yet?

[via EuroDroid]

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In a evidence addressing the slummy getting of the past Vodafone 360 Android 2.1 update that additional bloatware in the modify of 360-branded apps to a erst pristine OS, it was declared that the Froyo update for the phone should be reaching in “7-10 days.” That is of instruction pending test investigating and calibre control. And yes, the Android 2.2 update module decimate every discarded applications additional with the preceding Vodafone 360 update. Here is the flooded text:

“We’ve listened to feedback from customers on a sort of points around the past 360 Android 2.1 update and prefabricated whatever changes to the listing discover plan.

The Android 2.2 update for Vodafone HTC Desire users module be supported on the HTC unstoppered mart edition of the code and we module attain it to secure our meshwork settings are installed.

For customers who hit downloaded the past 360 update for Android 2.1, we crapper support that the Android 2.2 update module vanish the 360 applications and module yield the homepage and bookmarks on your underway settings.

Customers who poverty to admittance the 360 services module be healthy to do so erst the Android 2.2 harmonious edition is acquirable and, in the meantime, crapper today download apps same 360 People from the Android Marketplace.

We organisation to attain the 360 apps acquirable in a removed update for the HTC Desire at a after date, gift customers the pick to download it. We module permit you undergo when the fellow for conveying of the Android 2.2 update is finalised, but, person to testing, we wait this to be in 7-10 life time.”

Hopefully those life stick, and we hit beatific think to conceive they module presented the past progress of opportune OTAs actuation Android 2.2 onto devices.

[via EuroDroid]

Verizon’s incoming HTC Android smartphone has overturned up in the wild, with AndroidGuys scoring images of the QWERTY slider.  Currently unnamed, the phone is said to hit a 4-inch touchscreen and a 1.2GHz processor; of instruction there’s also a four-row keyboard for easier book entry.

Interestingly, the phone is also a so-called concern phone, including both CDMA and GSM radios for ingest on Verizon’s meshwork in the US and – feat by the SIM installed in the image – Vodafone’s meshwork patch abroad.  It’s due to start in primeval 2011 and is streaming Android 2.2 at present, though that could modify between today and advertizement availability.

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After the HTC EVO 4G prefabricated its artefact to Sprint here in the US, whatever Europeans lapse in fuck with the device: they likewise desired a figure with a 4.3-inch concealment by HTC. It’s ever been the intent that HTC would yet alter the phone discover (or something aforementioned it) for that lateral of the world, and this haw be meet what the student ordered.

Uwants caught a effort of this questionable HTC Desire HD (or the HTC Ace) in the disorderly (the same phone we saw in Vodafone Germany’s listing grouping a whatever life ago).  At that time, the Desire HD was said to “have features” of the HTC Legend and the HTC HD2. We today undergo what they mean: the comparability to the HD2 draws from the concealment filler patch the Legend’s draws from the physique materials). While this doesn’t become with the literal aforementioned bells and whistles of the EVO 4G, it does more than substantially for itself: a 4.3-inch capacitive pass with 800×480 resolution, Andorid 2.2 with HTC Sense, an 8-megapixel camera with HD transcription recording, an metal bomb (no articulate on if it’s full-on unibody or not), 1GHz processor, and 4GB of interior storage.

Even with Samsung high the mart with their rattling captivating Galaxy S phones, I’m trusty there are whatever that hit been inactivity for something aforementioned this from HTC.  We hit no more info eliminate for the fact that we already undergo this one’s headlike for Vodafone in Germany, but I’m trusty they won’t be the exclusive mart to wager this phone.

[Uwants via Android-HK via Android Central]

Two HTC phones we’ve been chance more and more most lately – the HTC Ace and the HTC Vision – strength be effort a revelation pretty presently as the digit devices hit shown up in Vodafone Germany’s listing grouping as the HTC Desire HD and the HTC Desire Z, respectively. The Desire HD would countenance a aggregation same the HTC Legend with its metal unibody organisation and – according to the BestBoyZ’s (translated) phraseology – module allow features of the HD2 and Desire (we’re forward they stingy HTC Sense [software] and a Snapdragon processor at the small [hardware], for now).

T-Mobile’s rumored to intend the HTC Vision – otherwise famous as the QWERTY-equipped high-end T-Mobile G1 Blaze – as their prototypal HSPA+ phone after this summer. As farther as this newborn “Desire Z”? We’ll meet hit to move and wager if it ever leaves FRG and makes its artefact to another regions whenever info begin to line out.

[BestBoyz (translated)] [Thanks, Patrick!]

Pretty much, the denomination says it all. When Google’s Phone Store went down, there was commendation from the concern that shapely Android that the Nexus One, in effect, wouldn’t be feat downbound with it. In fact, the phone would ease be oversubscribed manner of wireless carriers around the globe, same Vodafone. But, thanks to a newborn document, it looks same T-Mobile (you know, the wireless traveler in the States that supports the Nexus One) won’t be included in that list.

The writing is of the leaked interior sorts. And, it understandably states that the Nexus One module ease be based by T-Mobile, same in the structure of asking and client support, but that’s where the distinction gets drawn. Google marketed and oversubscribed the Nexus One — not T-Mobile, and they don’t hit whatever plans to move now. That’s, for every intents and purposes, whatever of the poorest pieces of programme we’ve heard in a daylong time. Hopefully you already got yours.

[via Tmo News]

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If you bought the Nexus One on Vodafone, you got Android 2.1. No assail there, considering it was the phone to start the ambulatory OS into the world. But, with that existence said, everyone who owns a Nexus One has either been inactivity patiently to intend their authorised raise to Froyo (which was free by Google a lowercase patch ago), especially those on carriers. Getting updates from your wireless traveler crapper be a taste of a pain, as every Motorola Droid owners know, but Vodafone is hoping to stabilize of their wireless customers downbound here incoming week.

Vodafone has declared that, prototypal incoming week, Vodafone customers that possess the Nexus One module be healthy to raise their OS to the official, Vodafone-approved Android 2.2 system. The update isn’t feat to intend dumped on every of the Nexus Ones at the aforementioned time, though. As usual, it module be a staggered roll-out, so you’ll hit to be a taste more patient, probably.

And, if you’re peculiar as to ground it took a taste of instance before Vodafone pulled the causing on this one, you’ll belike be ecstatic to undergo that they’ve had to draw a some things in the system. Like, effort disembarrass of the Amazon MP3 Store, as substantially as Google Goggles. There’ll be a some more tweaks here and there, but hopefully null major. And you’ll be healthy to download both of those features from the Market. Also, worth mentioning: the WiFi tethering application? The prototypal instance you invoke it on, it module be unstoppered for everyone to see. So, if you don’t poverty grouping robbery your data, attain trusty to countersign protect it as presently as you can.

[via Android Central]

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Earlier in the year, Google declared that their online phone store, the Phone Store, was feat to go away. And, patch everyone belike acknowledged that that was feat to hap from period one, it was ease a depressing day. Especially considering the Nexus One is ease nowhere to be institute in retail stores (at least, not in the States). And, patch that’s ease existence uttered most in regards to its dynamical status, correct today it’s not fixed. But, that’s not fastening the dynamical times. Because, well, they-are-a-changin’.

According to Google themselves, Nexus One Customer Support is ease feat to be around (guess it’s not that dead-end of a job, after all). And, additionally, there’s ease feat to be Nexus Ones oversubscribed finished wireless carriers around the world, same KT in peninsula and Vodafone in Europe. That’s ease designed to be widened, but null is objective at the moment.

Oh, and for every you developers discover there, this is straightforward from Google:

“To secure our developers hit admittance to a phone with the stylish Android OS, Google module be substance the Nexus One finished a relation for understanding to qualified developers. Visit the Android Market Publisher place and index into your developer statement to acquire a Nexus One.”

[via Google Nexus One Board]

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