Telstra Wildfire owners received some good news today, with the Telco rolling out the Froyo update for the Android smartphone. More »
It’s a problem we’ve discovered all too often – every smartphone outside of Apple’s ecosystem needs carrier approval for software updates, which means that customers can spend weeks, if not months, waiting for information about when they’ll get the latest update. In a baby step forward, Telstra has started offering some vague guidance on when different smartphones on its network can expect updates. More »
If you own a Dell Streak and didn’t have the cajones to update to Froyo through Dell’s website, they’ve just announced that you can update OTA. Do it! Do it now! [Dell]
And lo, it was announced to the beholden: “Cast thy browsers forth to the HTC website, and thou shalt have thine Froyo update, Telstra Desire owners”. And the masses were appeased, and the Desires updated en masse, as our lord the Android was updated to thineself. More »
Telstra’s been teasing the Froyo update for the Desire for what seems like an eternity, but this morning Director of Telstra Mobility products Richard Fink promised the update was coming this week. More »
Samsung announced the NX100 today, and while the new style (which is apparently designed to mimic a drop of dew forming on a leaf or something), may be what sell units, the much more impressive side of the camera is the i-Function lenses, which bring full manual control to the lens of the camera. The good news is that Samsung plan on bringing support for i-Function lenses to the NX10 as well. More »
Automate your software update process with one of these specialised software tools, won’t you? The complete list is available for your consumption over at Lifehacker. Enjoy. [Lifehacker]
Well, this changes things. Right after it came out, Matt called the HTC Hero “tragically flawed.” Why? Because the otherwise fantastic Sense UI was slooooow. HTC, presumably run by competent, rational human beings, has fixed this. More »
Reader Daniel loves his HTC Dream, but was a little unimpressed by the company’s reticence to actually upgrade the Android software to version 1.5 (Cupcake). So he asked Optus about it on Twitter and actually got a response: they’ll be rolling out the update in “late July”. More »
