Friday, February 11, 2011

Select Motorola Android Phones to Remain at Android Cupcake and clair

Motorola Update ListMotorola has updated its Android smartphone list to reflect major changes to its previously planned update cycles. First, after months of delays and testing, the manufacturer has decided to cancel its planned Android 2.1 update for the T-Mobile CLIQ XT since it could not meet performance standards, with the manufacturer going as far as analyzing and porting code from homebrew Android 2.1 builds for the XT in order to deploy the update without much success.

Other major Motorola Android smartphones stuck at Android 1.5 include the Motorola i1 currently sold on Sprint and Boost Mobile, while the Flipout and Backflip on AT&T and the Charm on T-Mobile will remain on Android clair.