why wouldn't google be able to confirm? and if not from a google source, where did the linked site get the info from?
(and i wasn't trying to speed up the update - just trying to find out when it would be available...) On Oct 9, 2:15 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Google won't be able to confirm, but Vodafone had tweeted the date and > a link to the article. > > -- > > * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > On 9 Oct 2009, at 14:12, shapey wrote: > > > > > > >http://www.fonehome.co.uk/2009/10/android-donut-update-for-htc-magic-... > > > wonder where they got that info from though... can somebody from > > google confirm? > > > On Oct 9, 1:57 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Word is the donut update from Vodafone will roll out on october 19th, > >> so you've a while to wait yet. > > >> Al. > >> -- > > >> * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* > > >> ====== > >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > >> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > >> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > >> subsidiaries. > > >> On 9 Oct 2009, at 13:00, shapey wrote: > > >>> vodafone don't push the update - they tell google to push the > >>> update. > > >>> still seems like there's a lot of un-necessary confusion over this. > > >>> On Oct 7, 6:02 pm, Stuart <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> This just seems like a screw up on Vodafone's part, maybe they > >>>> don't > >>>> realise they need to push the update? Anyway, chances are they > >>>> realise > >>>> now... > > >>>> On Oct 7, 4:28 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> I don't have visibility on a carrier-by-carrier basis, sorry. > >>>>> However, > >>>>> I'm not aware of any reason why Google wouldn't want those updates > >>>>> to > >>>>> be on consumers' devices as soon as possible. > > >>>>> JBQ > > >>>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:04 AM, shapey <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> thanks for clearing that up! > > >>>>>> so, has google made the 1.6 update available to the UK carriers > >>>>>> yet? > > >>>>>> and if so, has google made the UK carriers aware that they can > >>>>>> start > >>>>>> the upgrade process? > > >>>>>> On Oct 6, 5:15 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> The decision to update a carrier's devices comes from that > >>>>>>> carrier. > > >>>>>>> The underlying mechanism is an implementation detail. In the > >>>>>>> case of > >>>>>>> Google-Experience devices (the "with Google" ones, i.e. > >>>>>>> essentially > >>>>>>> the T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile myTouch 3G and Vodafone HTC Magic), > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> mechanism involves Google's infrastructure indeed. For devices > >>>>>>> built > >>>>>>> from the open-source tree (e.g. HTC Hero, Samsung i7500), the > >>>>>>> process > >>>>>>> to get the new bits onto users' devices doesn't involve Google. > > >>>>>>> JBQ > > >>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:51 AM, shapey <[email protected]> > >>>>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>>>> hmmm... > >>>>>>>> not sure i agree with you totally on that point... > > >>>>>>>> anyway - according to the moderators on the vodafone e-forum, > >>>>>>>> the 1.6 > >>>>>>>> update will come direct from google/HTC rather than via the > >>>>>>>> vodafone > >>>>>>>> network, which contradicts what has been said in this thread... > >>>>>>>> (that > >>>>>>>> the update will come from the network) > > >>>>>>>> it would be nice to know which is the truth. > > >>>>>>>> link to vodafone topic >http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php? > >>>>>>>> showtopic=36162&st=20 > > >>>>>>>> On Oct 6, 12:31 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> What you've said is the equivalent of saying "because ford > >>>>>>>>> sell a car > >>>>>>>>> which has in-built GPS, and I own a ford, an in-built GPS will > >>>>>>>>> be > >>>>>>>>> available for my car". > > >>>>>>>>> You can't infer future features for existing 'phones by > >>>>>>>>> looking at the > >>>>>>>>> specs of future releases of another device. > > >>>>>>>>> Al. > > >>>>>>>>> -- > > >>>>>>>>> * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* > > >>>>>>>>> ====== > >>>>>>>>> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with > >>>>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>>> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp > >>>>>>>>> House, > >>>>>>>>> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > >>>>>>>>> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and > >>>>>>>>> not > >>>>>>>>> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, > >>>>>>>>> or it's > >>>>>>>>> subsidiaries. > > >>>>>>>>> On 6 Oct 2009, at 12:00, shapey wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>> just looking at the specs for the HTC tattoo which is due for > >>>>>>>>>> release > >>>>>>>>>> on the 8th October on vodafone UK. > >>>>>>>>>> the HTC site shows the tattoo as running 1.6 and sense UI... > > >>>>>>>>>>http://www.htc.com/www/product/tattoo/specification.html > > >>>>>>>>>> from this information is it safe to assume that 1.6 is > >>>>>>>>>> available to > >>>>>>>>>> vodafone UK and sense UI is compatible with 1.6? > > >>>>>>>>>> hopefully that means that an update will be arriving soon for > >>>>>>>>>> vodafone > >>>>>>>>>> UK magic owners... > > >>>>>>>>>> On Oct 6, 11:52 am, shapey <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> so has the 1.6 update been made available by google to all > >>>>>>>>>>> carriers > >>>>>>>>>>> worldwide now? > >>>>>>>>>>> or just to t-mobile US to cover the '911' issue? > > >>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 5, 6:23 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Despite the naysayers, it is irrelevant how you are > >>>>>>>>>>>> connected to the > >>>>>>>>>>>> network. When "vodafone-de" decides to push the update, > >>>>>>>>>>>> your device > >>>>>>>>>>>> will go get it NO MATTER WHAT network you are connected > >>>>>>>>>>>> to... > >>>>>>>>>>>> including wifi. > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Unless "vodafone-de" doesn't do updates at all, in which > >>>>>>>>>>>> case you're > >>>>>>>>>>>> on your own. > > >>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 5, 9:59 am, Tobias Eisentraeger > >>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> > >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, I also wonder, I am running a vodafone-de device > >>>>>>>>>>>>> on a > >>>>>>>>>>>>> differnet > >>>>>>>>>>>>> network, how does that get updated when the carrier i am > >>>>>>>>>>>>> on does > >>>>>>>>>>>>> not have > >>>>>>>>>>>>> that device? > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:49 PM, shapey > >>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> seeing as it's starting to be pushed in the US i'm > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> guessing > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> it'll only > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> be a matter of time before it gets here. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> will it be on all networks at the same time? > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> does google push the update to the with google handsets > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (i.e. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> vodafone > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> magic) or does it come from the carriers? > > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Jean-Baptiste M. 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