Motorola , it seems , has suffered an mortifying bout of previous liberation .
Now , however , the troupe says the announcement was made in error .
Where ’s that damn undo button when you need it ?
Motorola’s Android announcement
Android2.1 record the human race with the vent ofGoogle ’s Nexus Onelast month . At the time of the launch , Motorola said the computer software update would be reachingthe Droidandother Android phonesat some point in the near hereafter .
Rewind to this preceding Monday , when the following message seem on Motorola ’s official Facebook fan Sir Frederick Handley Page :
“ Hi all — we know you are frustrated with the lack of detail regarding Android software rise and we unfeignedly apologise for not being able to share info sooner . We ’re felicitous to relay the 2.1 upgrade to DROID will commence to hustle out this calendar week , and we will have more information to share on other machine upgrade afterwards this week as well . Thanks for your solitaire and carry on support . ”
All seemed peachy until Wednesday , when a manager at Motorola ’s prescribed support forumposted a messagesaying the update was not , in fact , ready to go .
“ How embarrassing , ” he wrote . “ ostensibly we jumped the gun on these details . ”
He reiterated the error in a later posting , order : “ The details posted here and on the living site were untimely released for public thought . They have been take away from both places . ”
( See ? I was n’t dwell about that previous release business . I gauge it really does come about to everyone . )
Motorola’s Droid and Android 2.1
All right , so what ’s the story now ? A representative from Motorola tells me the Android 2.1 update is expected to seethe - out to Droid owners “ soon , ” though she was not able-bodied to provide a specific fourth dimension inning for its debut . She did confirm that it would be beam over - the - air as a free download , astypically occurs with fluid OS update .
So stay tuned , Droid owner . With any luck , this delay wo n’t last long .
