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Htc announced 2.1 update in march!!!

Dear patient Hero users,
Finally HTC officially announced a release date, well not a date but a indication
On the renowned dutch website Tweakers.net an article is posted, which says HTC gives Hero an update in march!
Tweakers.net is a very up-to-date website with updates about elctronics, games and mobile phones every day.
So I can safely say this is legitimate information.
Tweakers.net:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/65478/htc-geeft-hero-medio-maart-update-naar-android-21.html
Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/09/htc-hero-update-to-android-2-1-pegged-for-mid-march/
Maybe some of you guys can use google translate.
If it's quiet in the bar I work this afternoon I'll try to translate some parts.
It's still waiting a while, but finally we have a indication of when we can expect the update!
Regards,
DaanJordaan
P.S. In addition to all of this, you can find a translation of the original press message in post #7

nothing new...

I don't no about that, both articles were posted yesterday I believe

DaanJordaan said:
Dear patient Hero users,
Finally HTC officially announced a release date, well not a date but a indication
On the renowned dutch website Tweakers.net an article is posted, which says HTC gives Hero an update in march!
Tweakers.net is a very up-to-date website with updates about elctronics, games and mobile phones every day.
So I can safely say this is legitimate information.
Tweakers.net:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/65478/htc-geeft-hero-medio-maart-update-naar-android-21.html
Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/09/htc-hero-update-to-android-2-1-pegged-for-mid-march/
Maybe some of you guys can use google translate.
If it's quiet in the bar I work this afternoon I'll try to translate some parts.
It's still waiting a while, but finally we have a indication of when we can expect the update!
Regards,
DaanJordaan
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Do you have any link to an official press announcement by HTC? AFAIK this was again released by "some source" who claims they have information from HTC in Belgium (or Luxemburg... or another Benelux state ).
This is not more official than the previous one from HTC Poland, which said it's coming on Feb 15th. There probably is (in both cases) some guy in the support team who didn't want to tell people to wait, but made up some estimate. However those guys in support don't know much more than we do. Maybe one week before the release they get a heads up, but not now.

First announced for january.. Then poland htc site said "february", then dutch htc site said "march", then blablabl...
It will be out when it's done that's it. There is no serious announcement.

Well yeah that's true but both tweakers and engadget are pretty renowned websites, no?
Quote from engadget:
"PR released today indicates that we can expect the Hero to get an Android 2.1 update with Sense in "mid March" according to HTC's Benelux team"
Sounds to me like a pretty solid source

olafos said:
Do you have any link to an official press announcement by HTC?
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Here's the link:
http://www.whizpr.nl/persberichten/6679
And here's the part that matters:
"Met deze Android 2.1-update voor onze Hero-toestellen bewijzen we opnieuw ons leiderschap en toewijding aan het Android-platform", zegt Mark Moons, Regional Director HTC Benelux. "De HTC Hero heeft zich de afgelopen periode bewezen als best verkochte Android-toestel. Door de Android 2.1-update als eerste voor dit toestel beschikbaar te stellen, belonen we gebruikers met innovatieve functionaliteit waarmee ze nog meer uit hun Android-device kunnen halen."
I'll translate it for you:
"With this Android 2.1-update for our Hero-handsets we again prove our leadership and devotion to the Android platform", says Mark Moons, Regional Director HTC Benelux. "The HTC Hero has proved itself as best selling Android-handset. By making this Android 2.1-update available, we award users with innovative functionality, with which they can get even more out of there Android-device."
Hope I gained some confidence But to be fair I'm still a bit sceptical too

DaanJordaan said:
Here's the link:
http://www.whizpr.nl/persberichten/6679
And here's the part that matters:
"Met deze Android 2.1-update voor onze Hero-toestellen bewijzen we opnieuw ons leiderschap en toewijding aan het Android-platform", zegt Mark Moons, Regional Director HTC Benelux. "De HTC Hero heeft zich de afgelopen periode bewezen als best verkochte Android-toestel. Door de Android 2.1-update als eerste voor dit toestel beschikbaar te stellen, belonen we gebruikers met innovatieve functionaliteit waarmee ze nog meer uit hun Android-device kunnen halen."
I'll translate it for you:
"With this Android 2.1-update for our Hero-handsets we again prove our leadership and devotion to the Android platform", says Mark Moons, Regional Director HTC Benelux. "The HTC Hero has proved itself as best selling Android-handset. By making this Android 2.1-update available, we award users with innovative functionality, with which they can get even more out of there Android-device."
Hope I gained some confidence But to be fair I'm still a bit sceptical too
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So that means you can update without having to root it and all that?

http://www.htcsource.com/2010/02/video-htc-sense-on-android-2-1-enable-pinch-to-zoom-on-home-screen/
check this =)
interesting.

haha great... it looks like they kept the nice old sense ui and didn't go for the strange bubble stuff.

rpimps said:
So that means you can update without having to root it and all that?
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Official updates don't ever need root, they probably remove your root acces since the whole rom is changed from the old one.
The video is from a custom rom, at least that's how I see it, a guys hero with a different bootscreen from the hero.
I do believe it's comming in march.

olafos said:
haha great... it looks like they kept the nice old sense ui and didn't go for the strange bubble stuff.
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yeah all leaks from new devices like HTC Bravo also show the classic sense UI. so it seems like the htc espresso UI was not meant for other devices. LUCKILY! The bubbles looked like a cheap china imitation of the iphone UI.

Shahpur.Azizpour said:
yeah all leaks from new devices like HTC Bravo also show the classic sense UI. so it seems like the htc espresso UI was not meant for other devices. LUCKILY! The bubbles looked like a cheap china imitation of the iphone UI.
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You don't know this for sure since the final htc sense version isn't released yet?
As said before it's a custom rom showed on that video, I found a reference to lox and belhaams (???) on another website.
Still i'd hate the bubble, so I would be pleased if they left it out after all

Stafflover said:
You don't know this for sure since the final htc sense version isn't released yet?
As said before it's a custom rom showed on that video, I found a reference to lox and belhaams (???) on another website.
Still i'd hate the bubble, so I would be pleased if they left it out after all
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well we can only hope. i also don't believe that we will get the update mid-march. First rumours claimed that the update will arrive on christmas 2009...so...
And the video flying around is really not a good thing. i mean the video has like 8:42 minutes length. And like 7 minutes are boot time....i surely hope that this is some kind of cutom rom...

Shahpur.Azizpour said:
well we can only hope. i also don't believe that we will get the update mid-march. First rumours claimed that the update will arrive on christmas 2009...so...
And the video flying around is really not a good thing. i mean the video has like 8:42 minutes length. And like 7 minutes are boot time....i surely hope that this is some kind of cutom rom...
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I do believe it's comming mid march, I read the article and it says that htc as a company released this news. Not some employee of htc poland who wanted some attention

I dunno, I haven't seen a single rom which had handwriting recognition (especially made for sense ui) in the call app. Or the icons in the menu.
Granted, I don't really try all the roms here.
It might be a leak ot something, but it doesn't seem like a rom I have seen yet.

It's not official, until it's from HTC website don't beleive what you read. Your all gettin sucked into the online hype

All the rumours where just a marketing stunt to keep selling Hero's under fals promises.
Soon HTC will apologise for not bringing out any update at all.

mach2005 said:
All the rumours where just a marketing stunt to keep selling Hero's under fals promises.
Soon HTC will apologise for not bringing out any update at all.
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I Wouldn't be surprised if your right.
I'm really getting pis..of HTC with their bulls..it announcements.
Thank god we have our custom XDA roms!
Regards,
Schmia

schmia said:
I Wouldn't be surprised if your right.
I'm really getting pis..of HTC with their bulls..it announcements.
Thank god we have our custom XDA roms!
Regards,
Schmia
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When have HTC actually announced _anything_ except that they _are_ making a ROM (see their twitter).
They have NEVER officially given a when.

Froyo release in Spain... one month more... WTF

Here in Spain, Samsung Mobile via twitter has made a statement about the Froyo release.
Here you have it:
"Samsung Mobile España: Muchos nos estáis preguntando acerca de la fecha de publicación de la actualización de Froyo para Galaxy S.
Finalmente será a finales del mes de Octubre a través de Samsung Kies"
Which means:
"Samsung Mobile Spain: A lot of you are asking about the release date of the Froyo update for the Galaxy S.
It finally will be released towards the end of October through Samsung Kies"
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Source:
http://twitter.com/mobilespain

Thank god they are giving it some time.

One month behind, hopefully

If so, it looks like 09/23 was less than a rumour..
the end of october should be "the date" for asia too.

jensy said:
One month behind, hopefully
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My fault... I don't speak english very well
Fixed.

Oh God! Not one month more. If we have to wait until the end of October, I'm gonna be really pissed. That wouldn't be so cool. Because SamFirmwares (I think that's their name on Twitter) made a tweet saying that it'll come out by the 23. September... But is the end of oct. really the asia date, too? Because if it'd be like that, we definitely have to wait 'till then. Samsung, after all, are located in south korea...
Sorry for my (pretty) bad English xD

huxflux2003 said:
Thank god they are giving it some time.
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totally agree.

Well.. don't be mad for now
Maybe this date is only here in Spain (maybe they won't release here until there is a branded firmware for Movistar -has the exclusive, but it's also sold in free version...)

It's the HTC Hero story all over again.

@DomiKamp, on the JPH thread some asian user got a feedback from someone @SamsungHK saying Froyo will be released in october for this region. That said, maybe Samsung read feedbacks about last froyo leak, and decided to go for some debugging..
edit: this is what I hope...

Cannot agree more... I was hoping for the delay since JPH isn't as good as Froyo and GS should be.

From the 3 blog
Moderator on September 21, 2010 @Bob X – Sorry for the delay in coming back to you. I think it’s safe to say you should be getting the update at the end of October/ beginning of November. There’s always a period after general release for our testing and approval and various other delays but we hope there aren’t too many hitches. Yes a forum would be nice We’re looking into better ways of managing the comments

Better wait a bit more for a good firmware than get an update to froyo now with this iper bugged firmware. I hope they will make a realy good firmware with one month more otherwise never more samsung! it will be my first and last time!

IIRC, Samsung Singapore also said October for Froyo, but that some regions (Europe) would be getting it earlier in September. It could be that that is still the case, but only certain areas of Europe will be getting it in that timeframe.
Either way, another reason why Samsung need to be more vocal to their customers about future product support, least they can do is ensure we are all kept in the loop!

DomiKamp said:
Because SamFirmwares (I think that's their name on Twitter) made a tweet saying that it'll come out by the 23. September...
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Samfirmware is not affiliated with samsung. Not even samsung knows the proper date, why would anyone else do?
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Froyo/Android 2.2 is not available as yet and expected earliest at end of Sep. Please do join www.samsungmobile.com.sg to get the latest news on Android updates when it gets released. We'll be sending out emails to our community when the official release is out with step-by-step instructions.
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WTF? I want a proper fw too but that doesn't mean i'm happy for the delay.

Oct then Nov then Dec.....2011....2012...I thought they would have got their act together by now.......so I thought.

Samsung has too much hardware to focus on.. the just released Tab, and variety of Galaxy family members.. why can't they just release one phone and one tablet and focus on their software developments?

[INFO] TF101 Italian availability - Updated 22 Apr

Just wanted to share some infos with anybody who should be interested in buying the eee Pad Transformer in Italy: one of the biggest stores, Mediaworld, has just announced that TF101 will be available from April 14th at 399€ (Source, Source 2).
Some stores already have limited stock: I just bought mine in Mediaworld Milano Rubattino and maxmig reports that he bought his TF101 in a Mediaworld store in Mestre
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Someone have already bought it at Mediaworld and A500 too, maybe try to go to your local store.

Nice! It seems like Mediaworld is the italian equivalent of the german Media Markt. Guess it would be too much to hope for a german release tomorrow as well :'(

Drakknar said:
Just wanted to share some infos with anybody who should be interested in buying the eee Pad Transformer in Italy: one of the biggest stores, Mediaworld, has just announced that TF101 will be available from April 14th at 399€ (Source, Source 2).
Some people have reported that the TF101 should be already in stock with Mediaworld just waiting for Asus to give its OK to public distribution.
I'll update the OP when more stores will announce further availability
Can't wait for thursday to come!
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Any news on the tablet + keyboard bundle?

DJ_Jedi said:
Someone have already bought it at Mediaworld and A500 too, maybe try to go to your local store.
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No luck in Milano for today; I'll go get it tomorrow
murgo said:
Nice! It seems like Mediaworld is the italian equivalent of the german Media Markt. Guess it would be too much to hope for a german release tomorrow as well :'(
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Could be, I'm quite sure the release date shouldn't be too far away for european customers. The TF101 has been officially presented for Italy yesterday at the FuoriSalone 2011 so maybe that's why they decided to start the distribution a little bit earlier.
soalle said:
Any news on the tablet + keyboard bundle?
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As far as I know it should be on the shelves in may.

Drakknar said:
Could be, I'm quite sure the release date shouldn't be too far away for european customers. The TF101 has been officially presented for Italy yesterday at the FuoriSalone 2011 so maybe that's why they decided to start the distribution a little bit earlier.
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I just asked in my local store. The guy said they have no release date yet

Any news on this?

I went to the store to buy one but it seems that the shipments have been refused by each store as the product boxes were in a quite bad state. They may have a new batch of TF101 this afternoon.

Thanks,
Keep us informed please.
Does anyone know about italian online stores that sell it?

Went yesterday to MediaWorld, no Eee Pad and just one A500, i talk a bit with the shop assistant an he said no Transformer was delivered and they don't know when they will receive a stock.

DJ_Jedi said:
Went yesterday to MediaWorld, no Eee Pad and just one A500, i talk a bit with the shop assistant an he said no Transformer was delivered and they don't know when they will receive a stock.
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same for me

Ok, here is the official response from ASUS (taken by their official FB page)
ASUS Italia FB Channel said:
Riprendiamo la risposta già data ad un altro utente. Il volantino da lei indicato riporta offerte che abbracciano un periodo di 18 giorni. Confermiamo che la disponibiltà sul mercato di Eee Pad Transformer si avrà tra circa 2-3 settimane e quindi di fatto entro il periodo di validità del volantino.
Buondì! non riesco a spiegarmi come mai il volantino Media World di questo mese riporti il transformer come disponibile da oggi, mentre Asus ufficialmente lo dà disponibile da Maggio! Sono stato in due mediaworld ed entrambi lo aspettavano appunto per oggi (versione solo tab), ma non si è visto e non hanno info sull'arrivo... C'è una versione "ufficiale" sulla questione? Mi sembra strano che una catena come mediaworld se ne esca con delle bufale....
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Basically, for everyone who don't understand italian, ASUS Italy told a guy asking why the Transformer wasn't delivered to Mediaworld that the general availability for the italian market has to be expected in the next two or three weeks.
The fact that a store put the TF101 in its leaflet doesn't mean ASUS will start shipments earlier. ASUS also explained that the leaflet itself is meant to last about 18 days so users shouldn't expect immediate availability of the products.
No words from Mediaworld atm.

Any news for 3G italian/euro version?

A500 will be available in the next 2 weeks with 3g connect.
whcth it better for you?
ee pad will be available with 3g?
...btw today i asked in media world store and they says that asus dont know when the eee pad will be available cause its sold out...whe have to wait new stock production...

Acer Iconia A500 dont have GPS sensor!

Acer Iconia A500 dont have GPS receiver and yes, ASUS has announced some transformers models with 3G

Acer Iconia GOT Gps.
look here
the problem is: why is not working?

davidebeatrice said:
Acer Iconia GOT Gps.
look here
the problem is: why is not working?
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Just because it dont has GPS
look at the specifications here:
Unieuro
Mediaworld
ePrice
Monclick

iRcKenny said:
Just because it dont has GPS
look at the specifications here:
Unieuro
Mediaworld
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if you look at my link above your youll see the gps sticker on the tablet and gps features in back of the box. so i trust more on acer specifics rather than seller ones. I think its a driver lack-issue...

davidebeatrice said:
A500 will be available in the next 2 weeks with 3g connect.
whcth it better for you?
ee pad will be available with 3g?
...btw today i asked in media world store and they says that asus dont know when the eee pad will be available cause its sold out...whe have to wait new stock production...
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Feature-wise they're similar (like every tegra-2 based device), but I have chosen Asus because of the IPS screen, GPS, Asus good reputation about building rock solid devices and for the availability of the optional keyboard/dock.
The 3G version will be available, we just don't know when as there's no official news on that

I/O Tab is getting ICS.

Hi,
Since I am a I/O tab 10.1 owner and I was starting to get worried that 3.2 hasn't arrived I decided to reach out to Samsung mobile here in the Netherlands.
They told me the following:
"voor zover het bij ons bekend is, wordt de update beschikbaar voor alle versies van de Tab 10.1, dus ook voor die van jou."
Which basically means, that as far as they know, ICS will be available for all Tab 10.1, including your version.
Thoughts?

Even if it doesn't or comes way late, CM9 is being primarily developed on the I/O tab
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For Netherlands 3.2 is out already, when it came i don't know but it's out on Kies already

Gavin.csy said:
For Netherlands 3.2 is out already, when it came i don't know but it's out on Kies already
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Yes, but the IO Tab is different. It doesnt have touchwiz.

Did you say anything about getting Android 3.2? Because I believe the translation should be that "the update IS currently available for all versions of the Tab 10.1, yours included." Which the employee would see when looking up Android 3.2 for the Galaxy Tab in their databases.

Huh?
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Languages question on Moto X Force

Could anybody who has the Moto X Force tell me if Catalan is available on the system language options?
I ask this because Catalan is usually available in any android phone since Android 4.0 but I've heard some Motorola phones like the Moto G dont have it, so I want to know since I'm quite convinced that I'm going to get this awesome beast.
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Mine MXF don't have this lang.

LordCapi said:
Could anybody who has the Moto X Force tell me if Catalan is available on the system language options?
I ask this because Catalan is usually available in any android phone since Android 4.0 but I've heard some Motorola phones like the Moto G dont have it, so I want to know since I'm quite convinced that I'm going to get this awesome beast.
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I think it depends where you buy it.
I bought mine with EU version, so I assume there are only EU languages available.
You'll have Spanish for sure. And Catalunia "still" part of Spain, so...

refedit said:
I think it depends where you buy it.
I bought mine with EU version, so I assume there are only EU languages available.
You'll have Spanish for sure. And Catalunia "still" part of Spain, so...
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That has nothing to do with EU official languages , I have the EU version of the Nexus 5 and catalan is available
And also, what the **** man? Even if we are part of spain we have many things in catalan
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LordCapi said:
That has nothing to do with EU official languages , I have the EU version of the Nexus 5 and catalan is available
And also, what the **** man? Even if we are part of spain we have many things in catalan
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sorry I don't wanna argue about your(with YOUR I mean catalan people) catalan separatist intentions.
I was just talking about de EU fact. If I'm wrong about the languages availability, I'm sorry then.