We hate to bring bad news as many of you Galaxy S users have been patiently awaiting the arrival of Android 2.2 on your Galaxy S phone, but Samsung UK’s official Twitter account has stated that the Froyo update will be coming early November.
As you can see in the screen grab above of the message, they expect all operator versions of the Galaxy S in the UK to have received the update by the end of November. While this message applies to the UK Galaxy S owners, this doesn’t look to good for us across the pond rocking the US variants. We’ll just have to see how this all pans out.
We figured that since the Galaxy S line of devices have been arguably the most hyped up of 2010, they would have had a better plan as they launched after Android 2.2 had already been released. How do you all feel about waiting?
*Update* Official press release is below.
New Android 2.2 Upgrade Announced for Samsung Galaxy S
Latest Platform upgrade provides enhanced experience on the go
LONDON , UK – October 21, 2010 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announces the Android™ 2.2 (Froyo) upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy S, giving users access to new features, enhanced navigation applications and improved, faster performance.
The super-slim Galaxy S is an award winning ultra-lightweight large screen Android smartphone. The Galaxy S features an incredible 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and a super-fast 1 GHz application processor, for an intelligent, immersive and integrated mobile experience. The Samsung Galaxy S has led the Android smartphone market since its UK launch this summer.
The Android 2.2 upgrade enhances the great experience of the Galaxy S, making even more of the processor speed, and the exclusive Super AMOLED screen.
The key benefits include:
Improved browser performance: enhances browsing, navigation and the ‘pinch and zoom’ feature
Enhanced user interface adding vivid colours and features to the android menu structure
Google Maps with Navigation: A GPS navigation system with voice guidance for a turn-by-turn navigation
Adobe Flash Player 10.1: the latest Flash Player for viewing video content
Enhanced user experience including message editing and the ability to save applications to memory card
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Getting the upgrade
The Android 2.2 upgrade, will be available via Kies, Samsung’s in-house software upgrade programme. Samsung has developed a brand new version of Kies which will be issued to make the upgrade experience as smooth as possible. The new version of Kies will be downloadable from www.samsungmobile.co.uk
Samsung will also be publishing video tutorials on how to upgrade, providing a step-by-step guide to the simple download process.
The Android 2.2 software is being fully tested with UK operators and the upgrade will be available in the UK from early November. We expect all operator versions of the software to be fully tested and downloadable by the end of November.
Simon Stanford, Managing Director, Mobile, Samsung UK and Ireland, comments; ‘Samsung are committed to providing our customers with the best possible mobile experience, and this upgrade enhances the incredible features of the Galaxy S handset. We also want the upgrade process to be simple and hassle-free for customers, hence the new version of our Kies software and the step-by-step video guides.’
Via: BGR
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For me samsung vibrant it’s an old fashion phone, i have one and i feel like an amish. No 2.2(Froyo) = no flash / no air.
I’m under a t-mobile contract, for that reason i can’t change my amish phone. The phone is amazing but the software sucks.
Samsung Do somethings you are losing clients. And cyanogen Help please, give a hand to that guys.
i will say am dispointed, its us that buys the phone which turns to profit for them and i don’t think samsung understands what set android apart from the i-phone(apple) which is YOU DON’T FORGET ABOUT YOUR FIRST CLIENTS, and i feel like samsung is doing that they just want to put the phones out and move on to the next 1 just like i phone did to i phone people when they released iphone2 then i phone 3g &s and now i phone 4. android is not about that they bet get it straight or the just lost another customer
Frankly I’m not surprised and still don’t have my hopes up for a before the end of the year release in the US. They said the firmware maintenance update would be released by September and that didn’t happen.
i believe samsung was waiting for the UK to drop first because they had a lot of problems developing 2.2 for US Units. I think they will take the UK one as help to develop a US 2.2. But get real guys you know soon as they give us 2.2, yall gone complain about 3.0, so maybe their waiting for 3.0 to drop so we can go from 2.1 to 3.0.
Think about it from a business stand point, instead of being a hungry customer, when you sign up for a plan yout not guarenteed an update when you want it, your guarenteed a phone that works.
Use the Lag fixes and your good to go, honestly no 2.2 needed at this point.
Flash is needed on this phone bad! I want to be able to view content on this phone without always needing to run to my laptop! I hope we get froyo by late December at the latest!
And no! I wont complain that I need 3.0 right away! 2.1 to 2.2 is kind of a big jump like 1.5 to 1.6…I don’t know how much more you’ll gain from 2.2 to 3.0!
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