we showed you the video earlier this week of android 2.1 from the nexus one phone ported over to a motorola droid. that video simply showed you the new boot screen, well now we have actual footage of the phone in action with multi-touch or “pinch-to-zoom” going on all over the place.
the phone also has the flip feature in your picture gallery so you can flip between pictures easier than by using the arrows as we do on android 2.0.1.
check it out!
that didn’t take long. just after the world hears of the nexus one phone coming out soon from google with android 2.1, a motorola droid shows up on youtube with android 2.1 already running.
check out the video here…
and a lot of pics over at engadget.
we’ve now purchased 3 different motorola droid hard plastic cases and have the definitive review. we got one from accessorygeeks.com, another from daydeal.com and our final one from verizonwireless.com and we’ll tell you which one you need to buy through our latest video…
since we received the android 2.0.1 update last night, we’ve been playing with our phones like crazy. in fact, we can’t put the thing down now that so much has been fixed. one of the major fixes was the camera on this droid and we’ve got to say that the android team did a fantastic job. it refreshes really fast, it focuses, and overall is 100% better.
check out the video of the refresh time…
waiting impatiently for your android 2.0.1 OTA update from verizon for your motorola droid? you can jump head of the game and do this manual installation. just follow these instructions…
Here’s what you’ll need to do:
1) Download the file update.zip and place it in the main root directory on the DROID’s microSD memory card.
-Do NOT place it in any sub-directory or rename the file to something else.
2) Power the phone off.
3) Slide open the phone so you can see the keyboard.
4) Press-and-hold the letter X on the keyboard and press the Power button until the device powers on.
5) Continue to hold the X button until the screen shows a triangle and exclamation mark.
6) Release the X button and then press the Volume UP *and* Camera buttons at the same time. Keep the phone open.
7) On the screen you will see several choices, use the d-pad to move down the list and select the “update.zip” file.
8) The update will begin and take a few minutes.
9) Once it is done, select the 1st option on the screen to Reboot the phone – NOT Factory Restore.
10) The phone will turn off and then restart, and the “DROID EYE” will show for about 2-5 minutes.
11) Once the Home Screen loads, everything will be intact, including programs and settings.
12) Turn phone back off, remove battery, wait 1 minute, replace battery and turn phone on.
let us know if you have any issues with the installation and we’ll do our best to help troubleshoot.
(h/t to phonearena.com for the instructions.)
if you haven’t picked up your motorola droid yet and are looking for the best deal on one, you have to check out Wirefly.com. i bought my droid brand new on its release week for $99.99 while everyone else was told to sell it for $199.99 which was after the $100 rebate. so everyone else paid $299.99 upfront and i paid just $99.99. ridiculous right?
i’m telling you to go to Wirefly.com and grab yours. the price they are selling it at now is just $119.99
which is still cheaper than any on the planet. oh, and you get free shipping on it.
we told you the other day about the android 2.0.1 updates that were being rolled out by verizon and now we’ve finally received ours. there didn’t appear to be any logic behind the rollout, but we got ours last night about 9pm.
so here is the quick video showing you some of the new stuff including how smooth your phone will run plus the camera refresh and focus times. check it out…
just to let everyone know that the update to android 2.0.1 is starting to roll out to motorola droid users! you can’t do this update until you receive notification from verizon, but we should all have the update very soon.
here is the system update page from verizon which you should check out before you receive your notification for updating.
once we have our update we’ll be posting a video of our findings!
until then, check out the list of updates below…