14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like Motorola and Verizon have teamed up once again to deliver DROID X2 owners another software update.
Software version1.3.418.MB870 is only 35MB in size and is delivered OTA (over the air) starting this week. The update has already been confirmed by Verizon as the official changelog has been published on the carrier’s support site.
Although this is a minor software update, it is recommended to download and install it as soon as it becomes available.
The latest update brings Verizon Video and VZ Navigator 3D City on the smartphone, along with Google’s Security Patch which is meant to improve the security level of the software.
In addition, the Motorola DROID X2 will be enabled with the Wireless Alerting System as soon as the update is installed.
All purchased ringtones will be able to be saved and set, while shortcut names can be updated and saved as well. Last but not least, the keyboard Input Auto Error Correction setting now defaults to off.
Motorola DROID X2 was launched by Verizon last year in May with Android 2.2 Froyo on board. However, the handset maker already deployed the Gingerbread update to the smartphone and everything seemed to have pointed to a possible Android 4.0 upgrade as well.
Alas, Motorola has recently confirmed that the Motorola DROID X2 is not scheduled to receive the highly-acclaimed upgrade. In fact the smartphone won’t see an official Ice Cream Sandwich update in its lifetime.
Motorola’s decision not to upgrade the DROID X2 to Android 4.0 ICS comes as a surprise, especially given the fact that less-featured smartphones such as Motorola PRO+ and MOTOLUXE might be eligible for the upgrade.
As a reminder, the DROID X2 is equipped with an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core processor clocked at 1GHz, but packs only 512MB of RAM.