Motorola Motoroi getting Android 2.1, bound for UK?

There’s no word yet on when the Motorola Motoroi will make it to T-Mobile (in the industry we call that “the T-Motoroiola rumor”) but there has definitely been a good deal of chatter concerning this handset. The latest has Pocket-lint confirming a UK release with Moto itself. Offering similarities to Taipei’s HSPA-lovin’ XT701, users [...]

Verizon’s HTC Droid Eris getting Android 2.1 any time now

We’d been hearing rumors lately that HTC’s Droid Eris — a phone that has never quite made it out from under the Droid’s shadow — is in the midst of being discontinued by Verizon, but the imminent launch of an Android 2.1 update might just buy it a new lease on life. In fact, [...]

Meizu M9 getting Android 2.1, possible August release?

Well, what do you know — perhaps there is an M9 in your future (or someone’s future) after all! After hearing the one and only Jack Wong detail the thing earlier this year, Beareyes.com is reporting that the device — with the same 3.6-inch display, 1 GHz (Samsung S5PC110) CPU, HDMI 1.3 out and [...]

Milestone gets Android 2.1 update in UK, available to download now

The saga of the Milestone’s firmware update to Android 2.1 is finally over for one more territory. The United Kingdom is today awaking to the news that Motorola has made the freshest Eclair available to its loyal British users, with the download already awaiting those eager to be surfing along the cutting edge [...]

Sony Ericsson X10 family to get Android 2.1 in ‘Q4 2010′

The Xperia X10, one of the big mindshare-grabbing devices of the smartphone world, made us wait a cool six months between its November announcement and wide retail availability in April. One of the secret hopes while all that waiting was going on was that perhaps SE would surprise us and upgrade the [...]

Cyanogen ports Android 2.1 to G1 and MyTouch 3G

Droid, Milestone, Eris, Moment, Spica, even the Hero, all have had their Eclair, one way or another. G1 and myTouch 3G? Not so much. But don’t worry, Android early adopters, because Cyanogen’s got your back. Most all the bells, whistles and hardware-accelerated graphics of Android 2.1 are coming to the HTC Dream, Magic and [...]

Vodafone launches its first, underwhelming Android handset

If we know you at all (and we think we know you pretty well) you’ll probably be amused and titillated to learn that Vodafone has announced that its first Vodafone-branded Android phone will be available this May. The Vodafone 845 — which we first saw in an FCC filing a couple weeks ago — [...]