14 DAY TRIAL // Australian mobile phone carrier Telstra is set to provide its HTC Desire users with an upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread in the near future, and the carrier has just unveiled some info on the said software update.
Apparently, HTC Desire on its network will receive the Android 2.3 Gingerbread without the much praised HTC Sense user interface, and should have it ready for deployment as soon as August.
HTC promised the Android 2.3 update for its HTC Desire devices several months ago, but the initiative evolved in a surprising new direction recently.
The company said a few weeks back that it might not be able to release Gingerbread with Sense for HTC Desire in the end, since it is too big for the handset's memory.
However, since the community reacted negatively, the handset vendor said that they would actually remove some of the applications from the mix, thus making the new OS fit for Desire.
At Telstra, the OS upgrade should arrive with no Sense at all, which might not appeal too much for those who grew fond of HTC own user interface.
Since the change from Sense to stock Android will be a great one, the wireless carrier might offer users the possibility to upgrade to a newer device, one that will support Gingerbread with HTC Sense included on top of it, Ausdroid notes.
Hopefully, the same as in other markets around the world, HTC will actually remove only some of the applications Sense comes with, and not the entire experience.
It should also be noted that, provided that the handset vendor indeed manages to make the new software update available for HTC Desire devices in Australia in August, it might be capable of delivering it to other countries too starting with that month.
HTC did say that they should be able to make the software update available soon, but did not offer a specific release time frame for it.