{"id":491156,"date":"2010-03-30T21:18:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T01:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/?p=61134"},"modified":"2010-03-30T21:18:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T01:18:29","slug":"verizon-droid-does-android-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/491156","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Droid Does Android 2.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/verizon-android-phone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"Verizon Android phone\" src=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/verizon-android-phone.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-40951\" \/><\/a>After a lengthy wait and at least one delay, Verizon today began to push out the Android 2.1 update to its Motorola Droid customers. The staggered plan began with 1,000 customers today, which is expected to be followed by 9,000 additional customers at midnight. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/03\/30\/verizon-to-start-android-2-1-updates-to-motorola-droid-owners-to\/\">Engadget says if all goes well by then<\/a>, everyone else&#8217;s Droid will do 2.1 in a large wave on Thursday of this week. Here&#8217;s a listing of the features and enhancements <a href=\"http:\/\/support.vzw.com\/pdf\/system_update\/moto_droid.pdf\">per a Verizon Wireless support document on the Droid (PDF)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Enhancements:<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<ul>\n<li>Pinch-to-zoom is now available when using the browser, Gallery, and Google Maps.<\/li>\n<li>New Weather and News application plus widget. \u2212 The Weather and News app pulls the information you want from the\u00a0Web and brings it to your fingertips. You get weekly and hourly\u00a0weather forecasts based on your location, and news headlines.<\/li>\n<li>New support for voice-to-text entry.<\/li>\n<li>Whenever a text-entry box appears, simply tap the microphone icon on the virtual keyboard and speak.<\/li>\n<li>New Gallery application with 3D layout. View and share photos taken with your phone and images from your online Picasa Web albums.<\/li>\n<li>Live Wallpapers offer richer animated, interactive backgrounds on the\u00a0home screen. Access them with a long press anywhere on the home screen. Tap Wallpapers, then Live Wallpapers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Improvements:<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<ul>\n<li>Free Yahoo! Mail is now supported\u2014simply sign in with your Yahoo! email address and password.<\/li>\n<li>Google Maps update \u2212 Personalized suggestions and synchronized starring with\u00a0desktop maps.google.com<\/li>\n<li> Starred items are stored and synced automatically between Google\u00a0Maps on your device and maps.google.com on your computer, making it easy to search for places you\u2019ve searched for before.<\/li>\n<li>New night mode in Google Maps Navigation automatically changes the screen at night for easier viewing.<\/li>\n<li>Improved pattern-lock functionality.<\/li>\n<li>Improved handset audio when disconnecting a wired headset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Having used Android 2.1 since the beginning of January, my\u00a0opinion\u00a0is that Droid owners are in for a treat. Android 2.1 brings a fairly large number of improvements and functions for a point release. We&#8217;ll all have different thoughts on what specifically will be most welcome in the update since we all have different needs, but voice-to-text and multitouch support in native apps are tops on my list. There&#8217;s plenty to like though, so watch your Droid for the update. Assuming all goes well, you should see software version AP: ESE81\/BP: C_01.3E.03P by the end of this week, if not sooner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=jkontherun.com&#038;blog=4479943&#038;post=61134&#038;subd=jkontherun&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?a=DXlqee8EjFw:0O0mX055IOs:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?i=DXlqee8EjFw:0O0mX055IOs:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?a=DXlqee8EjFw:0O0mX055IOs:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?i=DXlqee8EjFw:0O0mX055IOs:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?a=DXlqee8EjFw:0O0mX055IOs:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?a=DXlqee8EjFw:0O0mX055IOs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?a=DXlqee8EjFw:0O0mX055IOs:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jkOnTheRun?i=DXlqee8EjFw:0O0mX055IOs:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/jkOnTheRun\/~4\/DXlqee8EjFw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lengthy wait and at least one delay, Verizon today began to push out the Android 2.1 update to its Motorola Droid customers. The staggered plan began with 1,000 customers today, which is expected to be followed by 9,000 additional customers at midnight. Engadget says if all goes well by then, everyone else&#8217;s Droid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":670,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}