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2.1 ESE53 will be Official Release on the VZW Motorola Droid
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I know you are new, but the Droid is made by MOTOROLA, so the release from HTC (I assume for the Eris) has no bearing on the 2.1 release for the Droid.
At this rate she may be right that we may not see it until the end of April; though i know she was referring to htc.
Granted. But that being said, the carrier is the one that pushes the updates out. And since the Droid Eris, and the Motorola Droid both run on VZW, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be pushed out OTA for both phones @ that time. I could be wrong, but to my knowledge, the manufacturer has no bearing on the OS as far updates go.
Also, the manufacturer does have some input on the updates, as they are the one who tailors the update to the phone. This is especially true in the case of the Eris, as it has the Sense UI interface on top of the Android OS, where as, with the Droid, Motorola (more or less) just needs to optimize 2.1 for the hardware, rather than fully update the front-end interface.
Not neccessarily. VZW is a business just like any other business. They will do there best to generate popularity, if it means being a little omissive as far as information goes. I get calls all day long from VZW agents that have no idea the things that their company says or implements.
I think all of us here already know of the ignorance of the VZW agents to anything happening with the company 
Really, though, your argument is a bit flawed. Verizon is well-know for being very stringent when it comes to making sure things are going to go smoothly. If they are having issues with deployment now, they won't run the risk of increasing load on the deployment system (therefore increasing the risk of issues).
This is not necessarily the case, as we don't know that the reason 2.1 was delayed last week was from an issue with deployment (it could have been a bug), but VZW is very careful (maybe even to a fault) when pushing out any sort of update.
Also, the HTC update would need to be tested by VZW before deployment as well. If this isn't already in VZW's hands, then there will be a delay in the distribution due to that.
Really, though, your argument is a bit flawed. Verizon is well-know for being very stringent when it comes to making sure things are going to go smoothly. If they are having issues with deployment now, they won't run the risk of increasing load on the deployment system (therefore increasing the risk of issues).This is not necessarily the case, as we don't know that the reason 2.1 was delayed last week was from an issue with deployment (it could have been a bug), but VZW is very careful (maybe even to a fault) when pushing out any sort of update.
Also, the HTC update would need to be tested by VZW before deployment as well. If this isn't already in VZW's hands, then there will be a delay in the distribution due to that.
masterxchief
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There have been many posts of people talking to Motorola reps who have confirmed that Google sends out the OTA updates.
Verizon:
You are not my friend anymore. I'm gonna go home and compile my own rom, you bastiges!
*Stomps feet*
Nah, I'm not really upset. I just think the whole stringing people along bit is lame.
You are not my friend anymore. I'm gonna go home and compile my own rom, you bastiges!
*Stomps feet*
Nah, I'm not really upset. I just think the whole stringing people along bit is lame.
masterxchief
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Agreed but I will just continue to wait since I'm too lazy to milk the cow.
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