It might not have 3 legs and a pico projector but the Motorola DROID 2 R2-D2 is still speeding along over on Verizon. Today they’ve just announced and detailed a new software update for the aging smartphone that will finally bring it to Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, as well as a few much needed bug fixes for all you Star Wars fans.
The details come right from Verizon themselves, and usually this means the update is only days away and could start rolling out at any time. For those that have not joined the dark side and rooted the update will bring a host of security patches and updates, improved battery life, improved 3G data connectivity and hotspot features, as well as fix some bugs.
The update appears to be quite small so nothing major is going on here. All the usual Verizon branded apps like Navigator will be updated to their respective latest versions and Motorola appears to have fixed some issues with camera settings being wiped when you reboot, and the device turning on my itself at times. It’s doubtful that the smartphone will ever see Ice Cream Sandwich officially but if those XDA developers use the force I’m sure we can get some ROM’s running on it.
As usual the update will break root and probably kill any previous bootloader cracks previously possible for the Motorola device so use caution if that concerns you. The update should start soon so be sure and check often and leave us a comment once it finally lands.
Story Timeline
- DROID 2 R2-D2 special edition spotted in wild on Aug 12th 2010
- Verizon’s Droid R2-D2 coming September 30th on Sep 27th 2010
- DROID R2-D2 Unboxing and Hands-on [Update: videos] on Sep 29th 2010
- Verizon R2-D2 Droid available now on Verizon.com on Sep 30th 2010
- Motorola DROID R2-D2 Now Only $99.99 on Feb 1st 2011
- Motorola Droid R2-D2 Gingerbread update rolling out now on Sep 13th 2011
- Device Name : Droid 2
- Manufactuer : Motorola
- Carrier : Verizon
- Announced Date : August 10, 2010
- Release Date : August 11, 2010
- Also Known As :
- Screen Size : 3.70 Inch
- Resolution : 480×854
- Screen Type : TFT
- Height : 4.58 Inch
- Width : 2.38 Inch
- Depth : 0.54 Inch
- Weight : 169 Grams
- Battery Type:
- Lithium Ion
- Battery Capacity : 1400 mAh
- Talk Time : NA
- Stand By Time : 315 hours
- Android OS:
- 2.2.x
- Audio Playback:
- AAC
- AAC+
- MID
- MP3
- WAV
- Video Playback:
- h.263
- h.264 / AVC
- MPEG-4 (MP4)
- WMV
- Messaging:
- SMS
- MMS
- CPU : TI OMAP
- CPU Clock Speed : 1000 Mhz
- Core : 1
- Ram : 512 MB
- Internal Storage : 8.192 GB
- Front Facing Camera :
- Camera Resolution : 5 MP
- External Storage:
- MicroSD
- MicroSDHC
- Camera Features:
- Auto focus
- Flash
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light
- Proximity
- QWERTY :
- Network Technology:
- CDMA
- CDMA Band:
- 800
- 1900
- Wi-Fi:
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Location Features:
- Compass
- GPS
- Cellular location
- Wi-Fi location
- FM Radio :
- NFC :
[via Droid-Life]
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