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For those Droid owners who are too impatient to wait for an OTA Android 2.1 update, you can finally do so easily thanks to Androidforums user Trident! and his handy guide to update manually.

Now there is no reason for Droid owners to feel left out of the Android 2.1 fun!

Source: Phandroid

It seems that Droid owners will finally be getting their 2.1 update TODAY! After a few delays, Engadget have posted info on the imminent update.

Starting 03/30/2010, Verizon Wireless is pleased to announce a new software update for the DROID by Motorola. Users will be able to upgrade their software to version AP: ESE81/BP: C_01.3E.03P to receive new improvements and enhancements.

*Software Schedule:*
Below is the software-upgrade notification schedule (All times listed are Eastern Time):

o At noon on 03/30, 1,000 users will receive notification of
the update.
o At 11:59 PM on 03/30, 9,000 more users will receive the
update notification.
o After the first 10,000 users receive the update on 03/30,
there will be a 24-hour period when no additional upgrades
will be delivered.
o On Day 3 (04/01), 200,000 users will receive the update
notification at 11:59 PM. This schedule will continue each
day thereafter until the update has been delivered to all users.

The Motorola Milestone recieved an OTA update yesterday and it seems Droid owners will be getting some 2.1 fun today!

The 2.1 wait is almost over.

Source: Engadget

Verizon will be rolling out the Android 2.1 update from tomorrow. Some of the enhancements that this will bring to the droid are:

• Pinch to zoom in the browser, Google Maps and the new improved gallery app
• A new weather and news widget
• Voice text entry
• Live wallpapers

More information about the Droid Android 2.1 update can be found at Verizon. Welcome to Android 2.1 Droid owners!

Source: Verizon

Flurry have posted some data on the first 74 days of sales comparing the original iPhone, the Motorola Droid and the Google Nexus One.

The Droid outsold the original iPhone by a tiny fraction and the Nexus One is way behind the two with only 135,000 handsets sold in the first 74 days. Some further explanations on the differences of the Droid and iPhone’s releases have been posted in the Flurry blog post.

Sources: MacRumors, Flurry

Firefoxformobile have posted 2 images of Fennic running on the Nexus One and Motorola Droid.

A work in progress, but another great shot from Michael Wu. This time on Nexus One:http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhava_work/4389974241/

The two images are below:

Fennec on Nexus One

Fennec running on DROID

Things are looking promising for Mozilla Firefox fans!

Sources: Boygeniusreport, Firefoxformobile

AndroidHD have posted an excellent video of the iHome homescreen replacement for Android.

iHome features some VERY impressive animation on the homescreen! I may have to try it on my Nexus One.

iHome is qvailable on the Android Market.

A user on the (Ph)android forums has posted a little guide on how to download and install the keyboard from the HTC Desire on the Nexus one. This will also work on Droid/Milestone (in fact it should work on all Android devices with the same screen resolution!). EDIT: It won’t install on my Android 1.6 based Archos 5 Internet Tablet. Looks like it needs Android 2.x

HTC keyboard on Nexus One

Guide in the source link below.

Source: Phandroid forum post

Just saw this tweet from the Adobe Platform twitter account. It’s a page featuring Flash running on a multitude of devices from MWC 2010.

• Dell Mini 5
• Nexus One
• HTC HD2
• Skylight
• Motorola Droid
• Palm Pre

To see the videos click here: Adobe TV Mobile World Congress coverage.

Adobe have announced that Adobe Air is headed to Android!

Adobe Air will be coming to Android as well as Adobe Flash 10.1 which will enable Android users to enjoy the masses of Flash content available right on their handsets. Full press release linked below.

Source: Adobe Press Release