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Samsung I5700 Spica getting Android 2.1 update as we speak!

Dusan

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 1:37 AM PST

i5700 spica 21 3 Samsung I5700 Spica getting Android 2.1 update as we speak!

We did mention that the Samsung I5700 Spica will be blessed with the Android 2.1 update, unlike its older brother – I7500. The process has begun, with Germans being among the first to see the new firmware being released for their all-touchscreen smartphones.

As you probably know (from our previous post), Android 2.1 will bring tons of changes to the Spica — including support for up to 9 homescreens (along with the revamped UI), augmented reality support, widgets, visual bookmarks, updated camera software, improved contact management, support for multiple accounts, HTML5-enabled web browser, Microsoft Exchange integration (though without Calendar support), live wallpapers and more.

In order to update, you’ll need to download (if you still haven’t) Samsung’s PC Studio 7 software, which is readily available from your country-specific Samsung Mobile website.

Hopefully, the Korean company won’t totally forget its I7500 users and will at least allow them to play with the Android 1.6 or possibly 2.0. Keeping our fingers crossed can’t harm, that’s for sure. ;)

[Via: SamsungHub]

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3 Responses to “Samsung I5700 Spica getting Android 2.1 update as we speak!”

  1. Eero says:
    March 17, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    Not this way, Samsung! All users do not have Windows in their computer and PC Studio 7 will not work with WINE under Linux. Samsung should offer easier platform independent way to complete the update process.

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    • Ewan says:
      March 22, 2010 at 2:23 PM

      I completely agree, being a Mint user myself. Still, i can probably borrow somebody’s XP laptop for a bit but it’s incredibly stupid of them. Incidentally, when is this coming to the UK?

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  2. andrew parkinson says:
    March 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    this is from samsung

    The update for 2.1 for the i5700 is not available through New PC Studio at the moment. It is currently being worked on at the moment to resolve the issue. Unfortunately there is no time scale for the upgrade but please keep checking back to the software

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