Froyo Update may come sooner then we thought

[gTen]

While this is for Korean version, it is a good sign that they will already have it ready by then...not only that, this is about a month after the release which is a good sign for us here as it spells samsung will have the update ready and waiting on the carriers only.

Samsung has finally put a date to Galaxy S’ Android 2.2 Froyo update. However, before you get excited let me tell you that this piece of info relates to the Korean version of Galaxy S (M110S) and not the International or US variants.

Anyways, a Samsung official has confirmed that Galaxy S’ Android update should take place sometime in early August and all the UI features like TouchWiz 3.0, Social Hub etc. will be integrated in the next update.

As I said, this does not reflect other Galaxy S’ update status but we can expect Samsung to make international consumers happy as well.

The update will be available via KIES.

http://www.samsunghub.com/2010/07/12...-early-august/

[testacon]

It would be nice if Sprint just announced a release date of the Epic itself, it would be all gravy if they than said Froyo by this date. Sprint is HORRIBLE with informing it's customers ANY timely information in general. Verizon is releasing their next Android phone in a week, Sprint could easily dig into those sales by saying our hardware keyboard phone is coming on this date placing doubt and making people wait to compare the phones. Instead people are just going to buy the Droid X and Sprint will just lose those sales. All this because no one wants to guess WTF Sprint will "eventually" get around to do.

Dumb...Dumb...Dumb...

[gTen]

Originally Posted by testacon

It would be nice if Sprint just announced a release date of the Epic itself, it would be all gravy if they than said Froyo by this date. Sprint is HORRIBLE with informing it's customers ANY timely information in general. Verizon is releasing their next Android phone in a week, Sprint could easily dig into those sales by saying our hardware keyboard phone is coming on this date placing doubt and making people wait to compare the phones. Instead people are just going to by the Droid X and Sprint will just lose those sales. All this because no one wants to guess WTF Sprint will "eventually" get around to do.

Dumb...Dumb...Dumb...

Sprint has always been a 1 phone company...aka since they released an EVO they take forever just to release the next phone...I guess they can't understand the concept of running 2 feature phones at the same time...

But either way its good to know samsung is almost done with the froyo update...

[testacon]

Originally Posted by gTen

Sprint has always been a 1 phone company...aka since they released an EVO they take forever just to release the next phone...I guess they can't understand the concept of running 2 feature phones at the same time...

But either way its good to know samsung is almost done with the froyo update...

I guess that would be true if one could ACTUALLY buy an EVO, but that isn't really working out for Sprint right now...

Sarcasm aside, I totally agree that it's a good thing that Samsung is about done with the core of Froyo, now they just needs to customize Sprint's crap--I mean extras!

[gTen]

Originally Posted by testacon

I guess that would be true if one could ACTUALLY buy an EVO, but that isn't really working out for Sprint right now...
!

Well thats more the point..I don't understand why carriers are happy that their phones are "selling out"..they don't make money on selling phones they make money on contracts..if you can't keep 1 phone stocked your loosing customers...this is another reason why Epic would have been nice for an earlier release..they could split the traffic between 2 phones during the summer...

The way they are doing it now though seems like they just giving away subscribers...:/

[The Sapient]

Originally Posted by gTen

Well thats more the point..I don't understand why carriers are happy that their phones are "selling out"..they don't make money on selling phones they make money on contracts..if you can't keep 1 phone stocked your loosing customers...this is another reason why Epic would have been nice for an earlier release..they could split the traffic between 2 phones during the summer...

The way they are doing it now though seems like they just giving away subscribers...:/

I don't think there is an intentional delay going on with the Epic. I suspect it will be released within a couple weeks of the earliest possible date they could have released it.