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  • terry0400-40
  • P%8
  • 31 Jan 2011

Thank you for being a Motorola customer. We have heard the overwhelming feedback asking for details on Android software upgrades for various Motorola devices. We hope you will find the below timeline helpful.


We know you value having the latest and greatest technology on your devices. We are working very closely with Google and our carrier partners to bring you the most optimized experience on each of our smartphones powered by Android; this means appropriately releasing both operating system upgrades and software maintenance updates which enhance device functionality. We will continue to update the information below, regarding the timing and availability of software upgrades, and will provide additional details as we have them to share. We appreciate your understanding and continued support.


This page details plans for Android software upgrades only; other various routine updates will be delivered to optimize device experiences and these will be communicated separately when deployed.


Phone Model*
Timeline
USA

BACKFLIP MB300 Upgrade to Android 2.1 now available here.

CLIQ MB200 Upgrade to Android 2.1 now available here.

CLIQ XT MB501 (T-Mobile) Upgrade to Android 2.1 - additional testing in process; more details when available

CLIQ XT MB501 (Wal-Mart)
Will remain on Android 1.5

DEVOUR A555
Will remain on Android 1.6

DROID A855 Upgrade to Android 2.2 is complete**

DROID X MB810 Upgrade to Android 2.2 available (Menu > Settings > About phone > System updates)

MILESTONE A854
Will remain on Android 2.1

MILESTONE XT720
Will remain on Android 2.1

Canada

BACKFLIP MB300 Will remain on Android 1.5

DEXT MB200 Will remain on Android 1.5

MILESTONE A853 Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q1 2011
MILESTONE A854
Will remain on Android 2.1

MILESTONE XT720
Will remain on Android 2.1

QUENCH MB501 Will remain on Android 1.5
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)


BACKFLIP MB300 (Europe) Will remain on Android 1.5

DEFY MB525 (Europe) Upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q2 2011
DEXT MB200 (Europe) Will remain on Android 1.5

MILESTONE A853
Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for early Q1 2011
MILESTONE XT720
Will remain on Android 2.1
India

QUENCH XT3 XT502
Will remain on Android 1.6

QUENCH XT5 XT502
Will remain on Android 2.1

Asia-Pacific

BACKFLIP MB300
Will remain on Android 1.5

DEFY MB525
Upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q2 2011
DEXT MB200
Will remain on Android 1.5

MILESTONE A853
Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q1 2011
MILESTONE XT701 / XT711 (Greater China)
Will remain on Android 2.1

MILESTONE XT702 (Greater China)
Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q1 2011
MILESTONE XT720
Will remain on Android 2.1

MOTOGLAM XT800 (Korea) Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q1 2011
MOTOQRTY A853 (Korea) Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q1 2011

MOTOROI XT720 (Korea) Upgrade to Android 2.2 now available here.
QUENCH MB501 Will remain on Android 1.5
Latin America and Mexico

BACKFLIP MB300
Will remain on Android 1.5

DEFY MB525 (Latin America) Upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q1 2011
DEXT MB200
Will remain on Android 1.5
MILESTONE A853 (Latin America)
Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q1 2011

MOTOROI A854 (Mexico)
Will remain on Android 2.1

QUENCH MB501 (Latin America) Will remain on Android 1.5


Q4 = Fourth Quarter of 2010

Q1 = First Quarter of 2011

Q2 = Second Quarter of 2011

Q3 = Third Quarter of 2011



Note: Launch timelines include limited "pre-release" phases of software deployment. These usually precede wide release by a pre-defined observation period, generally less than a week.


* Some country / carrier combinations are still under evaluation for an upgrade.

** Droid owners in the U.S. who have not upgraded to Android 2.2 can initiate the upgrade by going to Menu > Settings > About phone > System updates on their Droid and following the instructions to download and install. For help, please contact us.


The information contained herein is provided for information purposes only and is intended only to outline Motorola’s presently anticipated general technology direction. The information communicated is not a commitment or an obligation to deliver any product, product feature, software upgrade or functionality and Motorola reserves the right to make changes to the content and timing of any product, product feature or software release. The software functionality and features provided by a specific version of the Android operating system may vary by phone and manufacturer.


This page and the information on it is provided by the Motorola Software Team.

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    • terry0400-40
    • P%8
    • 31 Jan 2011

    Concerning Motorola android software update news.
    https://supportforums.motorola.com/community/manager/softwareupgrades

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      • 100 Moto
      • Er2
      • 31 Jan 2011

      Suren, 30 Jan 2011No Video Call facility in this phone and internal memory is... moreNo front cam? How many Android phone offers front cam? And how many people you see actually use it?

      The video call technology is over 6 years old and Motorola first offered it in 2004, why nobody ever cared until iphone 4?

      Over 1GB internal storage is not enough? I "grew up" with 150mb on most Android 2.1 phones...which ran out of space really fast. Though I have installed all the apps from my previous Android phones into my Defy and now I still have plenty of space left. Plus once it gets upgraded to 2.2, App2SD will be possible.

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        • 100 Moto
        • Er2
        • 31 Jan 2011

        help , 30 Jan 2011hi friend please help me i want buy one phone : d... moreDefy will be (if not already in some markets) upgraded to Android 2.2, while XT701/720 will be stuck with 2.1 (likely forever).

        I do own all: Defy/XT701/XT720. Other than the better cam on XT720, I don't see any reason to get any XT over Defy.

        Where I live Defy is actually about US$12 LESS than XT720, while Defy runs much faster than XT720 with much more internal memory (for apps....)

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          • Jim
          • 47u
          • 30 Jan 2011

          atrix team , 30 Jan 2011Final words We’ve always known Androids to be friendly c... moreThis phone comes with 2.2 on board,go to t-mobile. This is one of the best phone out there. I love it

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            • Anonymous
            • vGr
            • 30 Jan 2011

            help , 30 Jan 2011hi friend please help me i want buy one phone : d... moreHey bro, I work in Motorola Bangalore, India and Defy is one of my favorites.
            The cutest phone with all features with brilliant display.

            GO FOR IT !

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              • Anonymous
              • uW5
              • 30 Jan 2011

              sure go for defy... U wont have to worry that you have a smartphone... drop it .... take it into shower. Its a full time companion for just 325 $. Best deal.


              U will neever regret.

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                • help
                • 3Iv
                • 30 Jan 2011

                hi friend


                please help me

                i want buy one phone : defy or xt720 or xt701

                please help me

                is this phone(defy) is good phone

                how is phone speed - camera - display - sound and ...

                please tell me about phone speed - camera -display - sound and ...

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                  • Karty
                  • 2SQ
                  • 30 Jan 2011

                  How is the battery life? Most of the moto phones are not gud in this field ..

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                    • atrix team
                    • L6Z
                    • 30 Jan 2011

                    Final words

                    We’ve always known Androids to be friendly creatures. And the Motorola DEFY gives us no reason to think otherwise. The whole rugged thing is purely for self defense – protection from the elements. And the best thing is it’s tough but doesn’t look it. Compact and friendly, young and social, this is a smartphone that’s likely to enjoy strong demand. It looks more and more a smart move from Motorola not to put too much emphasis on ruggedness. After all, why would they want to place themselves in a niche, when they can go for the whole midrange instead?

                    The Motorola DEFY is the right phone for the young – it’s not charging a fortune and is good enough at most of what it does. It’s got good media and a complete connectivity set – the Motorola DEFY will even throw in a couple of surprise perks like a capable music player and the Phone Portal app.

                    It’s a good phone for the price – but obviously not without its flaws. The first thing to consider is the OS release. Though there’s still a good number of droids running Eclair, updates are being rolled out as we speak. Motorola are not committing to any specific timing and that’s doing the DEFY no favor. With Froyo, the phone would’ve been really hard to resist. Next on the list of dislikes, the still camera could’ve been better and video capture is nothing to write home about either. Smart dialing would’ve been welcome too.

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                      • dagdu
                      • tUs
                      • 30 Jan 2011

                      jhay, 28 Jan 2011 which is better? samsung s8500 wave or motorola defy?go for n8 or c7 best option

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                        • Anonymous
                        • tUs
                        • 30 Jan 2011

                        Vincent, 30 Jan 2011Hello Everyone, I am planning to buy a new mobile phone,... morebuy wave 2

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                          • Anonymous
                          • L6Z
                          • 30 Jan 2011

                          is this phone have PowerVR SGX530 GPU ??

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                            • Vincent
                            • 2SS
                            • 30 Jan 2011

                            Hello Everyone,

                            I am planning to buy a new mobile phone, and I am unable to decide which is better among WAVE2 and DEFY..

                            I request you guys to help me out in deciding which one is better among these two mobiles as their price is almost same in India.

                            These are my requirements, for daily use of the mobile...so suggest me which one will suit my requirements:

                            1. I listen to music very frequently
                            2. I like to watch videos on mobile(both movies and video songs etc..)
                            3. Good signal reception...
                            4. I would like to use camera very frequently for good pics and videos..
                            5. wifi, bluetooth and EDGE, GPRS are must(they are available on both Defy and Wave2)
                            6. Should have good Social networking applications.
                            7. should have good web browser.

                            Please suggest even some more, and help me dicide which one is best among Wave2 and DEFY...

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                              • nishant
                              • vG2
                              • 30 Jan 2011

                              Anonymous, 30 Jan 2011dude, Just clarifying your points You said defy has 512... moreas compare to wave, defy is anroid son.
                              Wave is bada nd rare apps are avlible in the samsung store.
                              Battery consuming is higher .

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                                • Suren
                                • KFM
                                • 30 Jan 2011

                                No Video Call facility in this phone and internal memory is only GB.Because of these two configuration this handset will not attract much customers.

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                                  • atrix team
                                  • L6Z
                                  • 30 Jan 2011

                                  vinee, 29 Jan 2011desire was release march 2010 and defy october 2010. so u m... moredear friend if u want compare defy with desire hd

                                  so i say u compare desire hd with atrix !??

                                  attention defy is world first rugged smartphone water proof and anti dust and ...

                                  manly defy has not any rivale in this class
                                  cuase this is one

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • YQx
                                    • 30 Jan 2011

                                    Anonymous, 28 Jan 2011defy better than wave 2.... 512 mb ram over 384 mb ... moredude,
                                    Just clarifying your points

                                    You said defy has 512 mb of ram so has wave -no difference

                                    Don't come price both are priced same may be defy is cheaper in your country not mine

                                    Far better gps solutions (how can you say that both have same)
                                    Free gps for 3 months and after that what you will be going to do so its not a big deal

                                    DLNA what's the use of it

                                    Lot more social(why wave doesn't allow access to twitter,fb etc)

                                    Better music quality
                                    I except that the loudspeaker of wave is not good as compared to defy but the sound in earpiece is same infact wave scores more in that

                                    Better descent design
                                    Seems like you have seen it only from the front ,take a 360 degree view and see the side surface specially the nails fitted on both sides and just one thing wave has mettalic body and a good finish so don't compare it with defy

                                    Defy 800 mhz processor scores more than 1ghz of wave
                                    What is this dude ,seems like forcefully you have written it just check out the review of defy at engadget.com they have written that defy lags at some point and processor would have been somewhat better

                                    And don't miss out tv-out option in wave ,slcd screen

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • YQQ
                                      • 29 Jan 2011

                                      Can we install applications in memory card plz tell me because something that i know is android phones only allow apps to be installed in internal memory
                                      So defy is same or it allows

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                                        • vinee
                                        • mxR
                                        • 29 Jan 2011

                                        atrix team , 29 Jan 2011defy has arm8 cpu 800mhz PowerVR SGX530 graphics ac... moredesire was release march 2010 and defy october 2010. so u might as well compare desire hd and the defy. desire hd would rinse the defy and even the defy with the "rugged" protection, it would not stand a chance. fool.

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