Verizon starts Droid 2 raise to Gingerbread

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By Matt Hamblen

September 1, 2011 01:28 PM ET

Computerworld - Verizon Wireless weekday began actuation the Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) OS raise to users of the favourite Droid 2 smartphone.

The smartphone has been streaming Adroid 2.2.

Verizon has posted on its Web place a itemize of benefits users intend by instalment Gingerbread as substantially as update instructions.

Generally, Gingerbread is thoughtful a faster OS with individual shelling chronicle and a refreshed programme over Android 2.2, famous as Froyo.

Among the enhancements in the download are a newborn app that crapper control every downloads from Web browsing, telecommunicate attachments and the like. The update also increases app and noesis direction capabilities, display the hardware and module existence utilised by astir applications.

Device and SD Card encryption hit been additional in the update, as substantially as IPSec VPN clients.

Also, Google Books is preloaded into the update.

Verizon fresh began substance upgrades for another Motorola Droid models, including the Droid X on May 27, the Droid Pro on May 31 and the Droid X2 on July 29, according to Computerworld blogger JR Raphael.

As of Thursday, a Gingerbread raise to the Droid 2 Global sound is ease pending.

Gingerbread has overturned into an essential raise for literally mountain of Android smartphones, as blogger Raphael has documented, though the raise didn't order the large redesign whatever due when Gingerbread was prototypal introduced terminal December.

A Verizon spokesman said Droid 2 customers crapper move for the raise to be pushed to them in waves, as with another devices, or download it from the Verizon Web place linked to earlier.

The Droid 2 prototypal launched more than a assemblage ago, on Aug. 12, 2010, and was connected in July by the Droid 3, which additional a ordinal bed of drawing ti the fleshly keyboard.

The newer Droid 3 has a 4-in. touchscreen, large than the 3.7-in. touchscreen of the Droid 2. (See Raphael's flooded comparability interpret here.)

Droid 3 runs Gingerbread edition 2.3.4. A Verizon spokesman addicted that slightly assorted operative grouping versions of Droid 2 and Droid 3, but didn't exposit how the differences change users.

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