South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung confirmed officially that it plans on making the Android 2.2 Froyo operating system available for the owners of a Galaxy S device in its home land starting with the next week. Samsung Galaxy S, the company's flagship Android smartphone for the ongoing year, was launched in South Korean back in summer, with Android 2.1 on board.
However, soon after Google's new Android 2.2 operating system started to land on
devices, Samsung announced plans to deliver it to all of its Galaxy S users out there.
In South Korea, Galaxy S is one of the best selling smartphones, with over 1.6 million units already shipped to end users, as Samsung announced not too long ago.
The mobile phone is very popular in other countries too, with a number of more that 7 million units sold worldwide since its official release in summer.
While already available in some markets around the world, the software update would arrive in South Korea only starting with next week.
According to some of the
reports around the Internet, following the update,
Galaxy S should be able to deliver a processing speed that is 2-5 times faster than when on Android 2.1.
The Android 2.2 Froyo update includes a wide range of other enhancements too, such as support for Flash Player 10.1.
Originally expected to become available before the end of the third quarter of the ongoing year, the
Android 2.2 OS upgrade was delayed for all Galaxy S devices on the market.
It appears that Samsung had some issues with optimizations for the update, but things were put in order, and users should soon enjoy the solution.
A few weeks back, the handset vendor announced officially that it started pushing out the software update to Nordic countries, and that it would roll it out gradually in more markets.
However,
the Android 2.2 upgrade, available initially via the Samsung Kies desktop application, was pulled soon after.
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