Holiday Gift Guide »

Sprint fesses up about Android 2.1 availability, coming early Q2 2010

Categories: Android, HTC, Samsung, Sprint
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 11:16 PM

Android updates on the brain, much? Following on Motorola’s Android 2.1 OS update timetable, Sprint has revealed  that the long-awaited Android 2.1 update would soon be arriving for Samsung Moment and HTC Hero users. Both of these devices are still stuck on Android 1.5, which is getting outdated rather quickly.  The update will be expected early in the second quarter of this year, so customers still have some time to wait.

It would be expected that the Hero would not be updated until HTC went live with their Sense UI running on top of Android 2.1, which we’ve recently seen running on the Desire, and Legend. It’s more puzzling that the Moment has yet to receive an update, even to Android 1.6 when it is running stock  software, give or take a couple Sprint-made applications. It is nice to see manufacturers, like Motorola, and now carriers like Sprint are becoming more vocal about updates, instead of keeping quiet and frustrating in the dark customers. All that matters is that it is happening, and that users are beginning to see a light at the end of the 1.5 tunnel.

[Via: MobileCrunch]

About The Author

Blake Stimac

Blake was born in Beaumont, Texas, about 100 miles away from Houston. Even as a youngster, technology came to him very naturally, tinkering with anything he could. His passion of technology grew with mobile phones when he dreamed that the capabilities of phones would eventually make one's life much easier. Since then it's been his mission to advocate the push of mobile technology to anyone who will listen.

  • JR

    Its about time that these carriers are upfront with update!
    I can only hope others will follow.

  • Derek

    Well, Duke Nuke’m Forever has been up front about it’s release dates since 2004.. all 72 of them, changed monthly.. I’ll believe it when I see it :)