Original Motorola Droid to get Android 2.2 next week
updated 06:10 pm EDT, Fri July 30, 2010
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Verizon sent a brief note this afternoon that the original Motorola Droid should get an update to Android 2.2 next week. The cell network didn't say whether the phone would get any special features beyond what Google has already included with the update. The release is slated at the same time as an Evo 4G equivalent on Sprint.
For the Droid, the 2.2 upgrade could significantly increase its subjective speed, as the 550MHz phone is noticeably slower in some areas than the Droid X and other 1GHz phones available today. Updating Android will also make it one of the oldest phones to support Flash 10.1. Most other changes aren't performance dependent and include automatic or unified app updates, the option of moving apps to or from an SD card, and an updated web browser.
Its international equivalent, the Milestone, is also due to get an Android 2.2 update, but its rollout could vary depending on the carrier and region.
