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HTC affirms most of their 2010 smartphones will include Android 2.2

By Rachel King | May 21, 2010, 1:33am PDT

Summary: HTC has confirmed a major commitment to their current clientele and potential future customers with the declaration that “most phones” released under their brand name in 2010 will be powered by Google Android OS 2.2.

HTC has confirmed a major commitment to their current clientele and potential future customers with the declaration that “most phones” released under their brand name in 2010 will be powered by Google Android OS 2.2.

According to Pocket-lint, HTC will be implementing the highly anticipated Android 2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo) update later this year, and possibly as soon as the end of the summer. Unfortunately, there isn’t a specific roadmap available yet, but it will definitely be made available for the Desire in the UK and Droid Incredible smartphones.

HTC has been having a pretty good year so far. The Google-helmed Nexus One might not have received the spectacular reaction they hoped for (nor the send-off), but the Droid Incredible has surpassed all expectations. Not to mention a number of HTC smartphones made it to ZDNet’s Matthew Miller’s list of the top 10 smartphones of 2010 so far.

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Rachel King is a staff writer for ZDNet based in San Francisco.

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RE: HTC affirms most of their 2010 smartphones will include Android 2.2

wilswong@... 26th May 2010

HTC promises OS update for the HERO and so this news is as good as marketing hype to prop up their sales and nothing more. Until HERO gets the update, any announcements that HTC churns out should be taken with a pinch of salt.

In short, get the phone with the best possible OS IN THE PHONE and don't hold your breath in anticipation of any updates.

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RE: HTC affirms most of their 2010 smartphones will include Android 2.2

aiellenon 21st May 2010

good to hear, I have a couple of iPhonatics friends and co-workers to rub that in with, they are all about trashing the Android OS update process.

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RE: HTC affirms most of their 2010 smartphones will include Android 2.2

wilswong@... 26th May 2010

@aiellenon :

And they are right to trash the update process. HTC Hero still did not get the OS update that HTC promises.

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toodle 22nd May 2010

I hope that Google update all the phones with able processing power to run 2.2, pulling up all the OS versions to one standard... us HTC Hero users are feeling left out!