{"id":214601,"date":"2010-01-22T14:51:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=25209"},"modified":"2010-01-22T14:51:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T19:51:23","slug":"internet-theres-been-an-ota-droid-update-motorola-uh-no-there-hasn%e2%80%99t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/214601","title":{"rendered":"Internet: Theres been an OTA Droid Update! Motorola: Uh, no there hasn\u2019t."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/loljk-300x198.png\" alt=\"loljk\" title=\"loljk\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25213\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the past day or so, reports have been pouring in from around the Internet that Motorola Droid users were suddenly seeing a surprise over-the-air update hit their handsets. &#8220;Better battery life!&#8221; they said, &#8220;And Facebook bugs have been fixed!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t an isolated reported, by any means. Dozens upon dozens of forumgoers proclaimed that they&#8217;d received it, and a few other blogs confirmed it. And yet.. Motorola has just <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MotoMobile\/statuses\/8074996486\">decried<\/a> talks of such an update on Twitter, claiming that they &#8220;have not released a new [OTA update] since December.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>So whats going on? Was an update released either on accident or with little communication from the techs? Are people just imagining things, like some sort of geeky version of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dancing_Plague_of_1518\">Dancing Plague of 1518<\/a>? It&#8217;s like the most boring and awkwardly niche episode of the Twilight Zone ever. <\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t seen any updates hit my Droid handset, nor have I personally heard any tales from anyone I know not to be crazy. We&#8217;ll update you if that changes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/motorola_twitter_droid_ota_denial-540x234.jpg\" alt=\"motorola_twitter_droid_ota_denial-540x234\" title=\"motorola_twitter_droid_ota_denial-540x234\" width=\"540\" height=\"234\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25210\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Crunch Network<\/em><\/strong>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\">CrunchGear<\/a><em> <\/em>drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/qXtt3t7MmL36XJvgQxqVzvehkz0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/qXtt3t7MmL36XJvgQxqVzvehkz0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/qXtt3t7MmL36XJvgQxqVzvehkz0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/qXtt3t7MmL36XJvgQxqVzvehkz0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=4__QNVJ4DjE:xcW_jevi8F4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=4__QNVJ4DjE:xcW_jevi8F4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=4__QNVJ4DjE:xcW_jevi8F4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=4__QNVJ4DjE:xcW_jevi8F4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=4__QNVJ4DjE:xcW_jevi8F4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past day or so, reports have been pouring in from around the Internet that Motorola Droid users were suddenly seeing a surprise over-the-air update hit their handsets. &#8220;Better battery life!&#8221; they said, &#8220;And Facebook bugs have been fixed!&#8221; This wasn&#8217;t an isolated reported, by any means. 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