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Verizon has issued a statement regarding the Motorola DROID Android 2.1 firmware update, after it was widely rumored to have been delayed. Verizon says that there was no delay and that the firmware update went out to a small sample of users yesterday, just as was originally planned.
If the update appears to function well for [...]

Verizon sent us a message earlier this afternoon stating that a small group of Motorola DROID users would be receiving the much-awaited Android 2.1 update in the next 24 hours.  This will allow Verizon to ensure that the update is stable before it releases it to the rest of the DROID community in the near [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Spica, also known as the Samsung Galaxy Portal or Samsung i5700, depending on where you hail from, is now officially upgraded to Android 2.1. In order to get some Eclair, you will need to connect your device to the Samsung PC Studio 7 software and follow the usual update/upgrade procedures. Alternatively, buying [...]

Weekend warriors with a Motorola DROID can point their browsers to the Cyanogenmod forums where Koush has ported the latest Cyanogenmod to the Motorola DROID. Other than having to switch to Clockwork recovery, the install is pretty straightforward for the experienced flasher and the resulting ROM is reportedly fast and super stable. If you take [...]

Don’t get too excited.  For one, this video is just showing the actual firmware update processes – for those that are curious.  Secondly, the update itself is not that interesting, either. A new app for moving contacts to or from a SIM card is available now, and imeem is gone, but otherwise there’s not much [...]

It appears that a new update for the Motorola CLIQ, 1.3.18, is starting the process of being distributed to T-Mobile’s Motorola CLIQ users now.
The update promises further improvements to the phone’s battery life, better Bluetooth support, and better touchscreen accuracy – all things I’m personally in need of.  There’s also some corporate mail updates, a [...]

SK Telecom have come up with a rather amazing idea to install Android directly onto your SIM card along with a CPU. They call this the SIM Theme Package, as each SIM card also offers 1GB of storage as well as all your applications and contact details. It is a great idea as it will [...]

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 [...]

HTC’s just mentioned a new firmware update for the Hero on Orange a few minutes ago, so I thought I’d point it out to all of our EU readers.
You can get the HTC Hero firmware update here.

Here’s a quick video demo of the new multitouch functionality on the Nexus One’s default browser and Google Maps application.  The firmware update that adds this capability started rolling out over the air yesterday.