14 DAY TRIAL // HTC Desire, the flagship mobile phone that Taiwanese handset vendor launched last year, is moving closer to getting a software update to the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system flavor, as the manufacturer entered the testing phase with it.
HTC announced not too long ago that it would be delivering the software to its HTC Desire users without some of the applications that would usually be included there, and now the company unveiled some more info on how things go.
Apparently, the company is moving fast ahead with the development process, and it has already started testing the new OS upgrade, at least this is what they announced in a post on Facebook.
“Hi all- We're excited to share that we are testing our build of Gingerbread for HTC Desire and will start doing quality assurance for it this week. When we have an update on availability we'll post another announcement. Thanks for your support,” the company notes.
Apparently, HTC Desire users might soon have a new reason to rejoice, as their devices would be running under the latest mobile operating system from Google.
After promising the update for this device several months ago, HTC stepped up recently and said that Gingerbread won't fit the HTC Desire due to a series of applications included in the HTC Sense user interface.
Soon after, the handset vendor also explained that they remain committed to delivering Android 2.3 for HTC Desire, but that they would cripple the Sense experience by removing some of the software usually shipping with the UI.
The main issue here would be the small amount of internal memory that HTC Desire was made available with.
However, since the right solution was already found, it should not be too long before the actual software will be released on handsets out there, so stay tuned to learn more on this.