I am sad to inform you that the Milestone XT720 for Canada, Europe, Middle East and Africa will remain on Android 2.1. I know many of you will be upset on this news and will like to voice your opinion, and this is encouraged, but please do that in a professional and clean manner below.
Please Note: The Milestone XT701 is not included in this announcement.
I saw you posting this on an XT701 thread... Does this include the XT701? I guess no.
and this is moto flagship multimedia device in europe?
with what support? two months?
This does not include the XT701.
I will see if I can get more info on this for you. From what I understand the Asia-Pacific device is called Motorola Milestone XT. It's not referred as the XT720 or XT701.
That is definitly a Moto-Killer for me also. I got the XT720 as first Moto phone, because of Android+Xenon Flash ... ignoring the bad reputation that Moto has in germany. Especially because they are already porting 2.2 to the MOTOROI and the hardware difference is near to none. Additonally, the 2.2 update is not just an update but the update that gives an Android phone the edge over an iPhone (Flash). JIT and voice actions are also increasing usability alot.
I think I'm not the only one that thinks this is a big disapointment. I bought my XT720 first week of july. That's about 1 month after the initial release. I still consider it a very good device. I've never complained about the bootloader being locked, I never complained about updates coming in late but to be honest I feel pretty much slapped in the face now.
Thumbs up btw for you batmania15, mustn't be the nicest job, being the messenger for this news.
Just as a feedback. It would be good if Motorola adds all the Android phones to the upgrade table (https://supportforums.motorola.com/community/manager/softwareupgrades). Otherwise, it is really confusing to know if your phone is or isn't going to be update. If Motorola doesn't know about the upgrade of some specific phone, just add it as "We do not know yet".
In my case, before buying the XT701 I was looking for info about it and about the upgrade. The above page do not show specific info about Milestone XT701, it just included info about Milestone, so I guessed my phone was included there and bought it. I thougth that the entry for Milestone, included all Milestone series phones.
I am now waiting for news about Milestone XT701 but I do not expect good news. Anyway, before complaining, I'll wait for official news about it.