HTC Droid Incredible to get Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread tomorrow?

By George Wong on 08/15/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

Great news to all users of the HTC Droid Incredible, Verizon has announced that it will be releasing the update to Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. Considering that this phone isn’t exactly new (it already has a successor released), loyal Incredible users will be pleased to know that their phone is getting an extension to its lifespan with this sweet update.

In addition to upgrading the phone to Gingerbread, the update also fixes a number of bugs on the HTC Incredible – it lets it send MMS messages correctly, properly save audio files from MMS messages, successfully play audio files from a message, send Vcards through SMS messages, enables Internet connection via Bluetooth, enables VZ Navigator to operate over WiFi, and more.

And if reports are right, we’ll start seeing the update being pushed OTA tomorrow, with 10,000 users first, then 50,000 on Wednesday, and everybody else on Friday.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

HTC: High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and tablets. The company started as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) that was building devices for others, but went on making HTC-branded smartphones based mostly on Microsoft's Windows operating system (OS) for mobile. In 2009, it began to shift its core focus away from Windows mobile devices to Android-based ones. In 2010 the company went back to the Windows Phone eco-system.

Verizon: Verizon Communications Inc is a broadband and telecommunications company. It is mainly known for its Verizon Wireless division which is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, and one of the largest in the world. Verizon Wireless has traditionally used CDMA technology and was the first U.S carrier to deploy a 4G LTE network (Long Term Evolution). Learn more about U.S 4G Networks.

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