Samsung Galaxy i5700 Spica to receive Android 2.1 in Q2
The original Samsung Galaxy i5700 Spica ran Android 1.5, which by today’s standards seems like an ancient version of Android and one we can hardly remember. There were strong hopes that the Spica would receive an update to Android 1.6 a couple of months ago, but this never materialised.
Now, in a giant leap Samsung are upgrading the Spica in Poland to Android 2.1. The information comes from Polish based Telix.pl. They claim that Samsung Poland itself has confirmed this information and if this is the case Polish Spica users can start getting very exciting. Unfortunately there is no word on this update for those outside of Poland at the moment, but the upgrade will most likely roll out accordingly throughout the rest of the world shortly afterwards. Polish users can expect the update to take place during the second quarter of 2010.
It would be very nice to see the larger Samsung Galaxy i7500 upgraded too, but at the moment there are no rumors or plans for such an improvement. If it were to take place, it would most likely happen using the Samsung Kies software suite available through the Samsung Apps application store. Indeed, this is how the Spica is thought to receive its alleged update.
is it possible to view and edit ms office applications (excel, word powerpoint & adobe ) on samsung i5700
@Manish
Yes it is, however you will need to insatall a free application from the Android Market.
Hi,
I have I5700 and i want to upgrade it to 2.1 but i have questions about it :
1\ how can i upgrade my phone ?
2\ can i open an arabic website in 2.1 ?
To start with I installed Samsung Kies on Windows 7 64 bit. It failed to recognize Galaxy Spica. I tried all tricks – ticking debug USB, reinstalling the driver from Kies main menu and switching off and on.
After many tries, I could not succeed till now.
If you can assist me, well and good.
Thank you,
Rajan
i want the android markin apps
@ A.S.Rajan
At the moment neither the Samsung KIES or the older NPS recognise the i5700 and despite many telephone calls to Samsung they do not know when the situation will be resolved.
To compound this NO Samsung software will work with ANY 64 bit OS or Windows 7
same problem: very limited due to Kies not working with mobile! pretty poor really. and the mobile providers should do better!
mi pregunta es la siguiente acabo de comprar un Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica pero tiene problemas con el bluetooh no puedo ni tampoco recibir fotos ni archivos de otros celulares.
como hago
I WANT TO UPGRADE MY I5700 FROM ANDROID 1.5 TO 2.1