OFFICIAL: 2.1 to release this week on the Motorola Droid

[RadYOacTiVe]

No 5 homescreens sucks. I got rid of Home++ because it was too laggy. Been playing with sweeterhomes but too many bugs. If i can just get 5 homescreens I'd be a happy camper. How all other android phones have at least 5 and the might Droid only have 3 is a huge oversight to begin with.

 

[codyodyody]

No 5 homescreens sucks. I got rid of Home++ because it was too laggy. Been playing with sweeterhomes but too many bugs. If i can just get 5 homescreens I'd be a happy camper. How all other android phones have at least 5 and the might Droid only have 3 is a huge oversight to begin with.

I agree....I'm not very computer savy but how hard is it just to increase from 3 to 5....the market offers so many widgets and things to take up the home screens but they give us 3. I also dont know how all this update works but maybe google didn't give that option to motorola because thats something they want the nexus one to have exclusively

 

[djstarion]

Having 5 homescreens sucks without the card system.

 

[papy72]

Official MOTO 2.1 info

https://motorola-global-portal.cust..._id/42208/display_style/redesign/prod_id/7155

Interestingly, the "other enhancements" includes:

Yahoo email: Yahoo email new accounts setup optimizations

edit: ugh missed the other post.

 

[RadYOacTiVe]

I think the widgets is what separates android phones from the iphones look. It's what provides a level of customization and individuality that the iphone can't do. I'm sure at some point that will change but for now, adding picture frames widgetsof my kids, weather widgets, the music player, etc makes my droid feel like it's my own.

No 5 homescreens sucks. I got rid of Home++ because it was too laggy. Been playing with sweeterhomes but too many bugs. If i can just get 5 homescreens I'd be a happy camper. How all other android phones have at least 5 and the might Droid only have 3 is a huge oversight to begin with.

I agree....I'm not very computer savy but how hard is it just to increase from 3 to 5....the market offers so many widgets and things to take up the home screens but they give us 3. I also dont know how all this update works but maybe google didn't give that option to motorola because thats something they want the nexus one to have exclusively

 

[baniels]

Gosh. They should really just rename this update to 2.01.001.

 

[swallman]

Gosh. They should really just rename this update to 2.01.001.

Agreed. There's really so little in this update (at least what they're announcing) that it really isn't worth of a .1 update.

Google Goggles - it's just an app that can be downloaded separately
Google Maps - same thing
Voice Recognition - we already had some of this
Pinch-to-zoom - maps already has it, I guess some will like it for the browser
3D Gallery - big whoop, can already download it as a separate APK

I just don't see all that much in here...

 

[imnot2sure]

i feel the same way... :blink: i'll check in, in a couple days when i dont get it ....:soapbox:

 

[DessoThumbs]

I do like the battery life continuous improvement.

 

[wuyanks]

Gosh. They should really just rename this update to 2.01.001.

Agreed. There's really so little in this update (at least what they're announcing) that it really isn't worth of a .1 update.

Google Goggles - it's just an app that can be downloaded separately
Google Maps - same thing
Voice Recognition - we already had some of this
Pinch-to-zoom - maps already has it, I guess some will like it for the browser
3D Gallery - big whoop, can already download it as a separate APK

I just don't see all that much in here...

a completely reworked framework and kernel? for increased speed/stability?

 

[osyrus42]

Well, let's look at the brightside here. Once this update is rooted it will free up our friendy neighborhood modders to work on things above and beyond what google already has planned. They have been doing a lot of work to bring us these features ahead of time. That's why this update seems old hat.....we've all seen this stuff before. Now they can work on cool stuff we havnt even thought of yet.

Here's to owning an open source phone people..........

 

[713King]

Well since its 2.1 and they have the 2.1 rom already from the nexus they can probably port some of the things our 2.1 update has so that the 2.1 rom from nexus one will be stable and will be able to do landscape! and integrate other great things from Nexus thats what im thinking. What do you guys think? Hope for the people who are getting mad about this update lol.

 

[hookbill]

What to Expect From 2.1

I posted this in another thread and I thought people might be interested in seeing it here in this thread. Full credit goes to member pilotcharles747 for finding this at Android Central:

Voice recognition for virtual keyboard. Anywhere you can type, you can dictate. Swipe your finger across the keyboard (or press the microphone button) to activate. Same as on the Nexus One.
Virtual (on-screen) keyboard enhancements.
3D Gallery: Should be the same as the new gallery that's on the Nexus One, and that's been ported to the Droid.
Pinch to zoom: Already on board for Google Maps, now you'll have it in the browser and gallery.
News and weather widget/app. That's the widget from the Nexus One that we get questions about in our videos.
Previously published Google Maps 4.0 improvements.
Enhanced Music application. New tabs at the top for easier access an navigation to artists, songs, albums and playlists.
Google Goggles: Now built into Android 2.1. No separate downloads.
Fixes the security lock bypass.
Yahoo e-mail now has setup optimization.
Battery life improved.

Notice it says improved battery life. That's what they said on the last update. It will be interesting to see how this works out.

 

[DessoThumbs]

I hope the voice to text has been optimized for us redneck southern drawl good ol boys.

 

[baniels]

Gosh. They should really just rename this update to 2.01.001.

Agreed. There's really so little in this update (at least what they're announcing) that it really isn't worth of a .1 update.

Google Goggles - it's just an app that can be downloaded separately
Google Maps - same thing
Voice Recognition - we already had some of this
Pinch-to-zoom - maps already has it, I guess some will like it for the browser
3D Gallery - big whoop, can already download it as a separate APK

I just don't see all that much in here...

a completely reworked framework and kernel? for increased speed/stability?

I didn't see that mentioned.