Saturday, 7 August 2010

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Motorola Milestone XT720 Hits the Shelves of Cincinnati Bell

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 03:28 PM PDT

The Motorola Milestone XT720 is a talked about device. It features a 3.7-inch FWVGA 854×480 multitouch capacitive touchscreen display, has a 720MHz TI OMAP3440 processor under the hood, and is running Android 2.1 for good measure. And while there had been plenty of talk about the handset landing on major wireless carriers around the globe, there was probably no hint at Cincinnati Bell ever being on the list. Guess we would have been wrong.

Because the regional carrier has certainly just launched the Android device. Along with the features we listed above, it also has integrated 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, USB 2.0, a 3.5mm audio jack, and an accelerometer. Plus, all the obvious Android essentials. Right now, you can pick it up for $!99.99 on a new, two-year contract. Or, if you want to get it without a contract, just drop $449.99 and it’s all yours.

[via Engadget]

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Motorola Droid Getting Flash Player 10.1 on August 18th

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 03:16 PM PDT

The leaks are coming out fast and furious. It’s almost ridiculous. Luckily, this time it has nothing to do with the Droid 2, and it has nothing to do with August 12th. Well, it’s August related, but at least it’s almost a week later. Anyway, remember that story we told you about, how the FRG01B update for the original Droid, which brought the device to Froyo-land, wasn’t playing well with Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1? Apparently that’s a real issue, and Verizon’s already on top of it.

In this new leak, which is designed to showcase the reasons why the Droid is still great, especially with Android 2.2, it says right there in bold font that the device will be getting Flash Player 10.1 on August 18th. Strange, considering that technically the Flash Player 10.1 Beta is available right now, but we won’t ask questions. Truth be told, we’ll see it when we see it. Any Droid owners out there have FRG01B right now, but can’t use Flash Player? Let us know in the comments.

[via IntoMobile]

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Motorola Delays Android 2.2 Upgrade for Droid Until August 12th?

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Shocking: the Android 2.2 update for the original Droid is all messed up. We’d say that we saw this one coming, but we imagine that would be a pretty big understatement. Though, it shouldn’t be all that surprising. Considering the work that had to go into the Droid’s Android 2.1 update, and the time they had to get that out, it would have been almost miraculous to see Motorola/Verizon get an update like 2.2 out in as little time as they suggested they could.

That “unknown bug” that’s been apparently marring the FRG01B update? Apparently it’s big enough that Motorola has decided to pull the process, and they are apparently now waiting until August 12th to start it up again. That’s strange. Isn’t there something else happening on the 12th? Oh, yeah, that’s right. The release of the Droid 2! Which happens to be launching with Android 2.2. There are a lot of coincidences running around these days, folks.

Anyway, if the FRG01B has been pulled, and the OTA update scrapped for now, then it’ll definitely be the FRG22 version that gets installed on your device later this month, some time. Though, there are still some reports that contradict this rumor, saying that folks, as of right now, are still getting the FRG01B update. And, if the MyDroidWorld story checks out, and FRG01B isn’t working with Flash 10.1, then it would make even more sense that they’d wait for FRG22. So many numbers, versions, and so little time!

Did you get the update? Let us know!

[via MyDroidWorld]

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