14 DAY TRIAL // Verizon subscribers who own LG Ally smartphones will be happy to find out that LG is planning to deliver the Android 2.2 Froyo upgrade for their devices. The bad news is that the update won't be available until February 2011.
The last update that the Ally received was rolled-out in July 2010 and added a new application to sync Facebook contacts as well as “increase QWERTY keyboard operability.”
Even though the Korean handset manufacturer is known for making Android devices for a long time now, Verizon LG Ally is the first LG Android phone to be available in the United States and it was launched back in May.
News about the upcoming update to Android 2.2 appeared on one of the company's official forums, where a moderator replied to a user and certified that the LG Ally would be receiving the Android 2.2 upgrade in February 2011.
“A Froyo OS upgrade, will be available to all LG Ally handset users in February, 2011,” LG Product Pro forum moderator.
Apparently, LG Ally is one of the several Android smartphones slated to receive the Froyo update without meeting the requirements to run Adobe Flash Player 10.1, so users might wonder if the update includes this feature or not.
LG Ally is powered by a 600 MHz processor, while Adobe Flash 10.1 requires Android 2.2 devices equipped with WVGA screens must feature a processor clocked at 800 MHz or higher.
The Ally comes with a 3.2-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 262K colors and 480 x 800 pixels resolution. It packs a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and runs on the Android 2.1 Eclair platform out-of-the-box.
Other key features of the smartphone include: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n connectivity, 256MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 16GB, 4GB card included), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP support, Stereo FM radio with RDS, as well as GPS with A-GPS support.
The device features a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and video recording capabilities.
