Motorola cautioned Droid X users Monday to refrain from downloading an unofficial Android 2.2 upgrade circulating around the Internet. Installing the leaked upgrade will prevent Droid X smartphone owners from receiving the final version of the mobile OS slated for release in early September, Motorola warned in a support blog.
Motorola’s release of Android 2.2 — also known as Froyo — will permanently fix some Exchange 2003 e-mail snafus for which Motorola has already been forced to issue temporary workarounds. For example, some Droid X users are currently unable to set up their Microsoft Exchange accounts, while others with e-mail access do not receive any notifications. “Both of these issues will be addressed in the Android 2.2 update,” Motorola said.
Enterprise Enhancements
Motorola’s software upgrade for the Droid X promises to give enterprise customers full push-delivery support for Exchange as well as Gmail for business. Also on tap are live widgets for streaming messages to the user’s home screen as well as filter widgets for differentiating work and home e-mails.
Among other things, the Froyo release will sport a corporate directory, a global lookup capability, a unified calendar, and security protocols for remotely setting the device’s password for all the documents stored in memory. Additionally, Droid X users will finally be able to permanently delete text messages.
Once Android 2.2 becomes officially available for the Droid X, users will be able to download it over the air, Motorola advised. The software upgrade “will either be pushed to you, or you can grab it by going to Menu > Settings > About phone > System updates,” Motorola wrote in a support blog.
The smartphone maker is clearly counting on the Flash Player 10.1 software shipping with Android 2.2 to differentiate the Droid X from rival Apple’s popular iPhone, which lacks Flash capabilities….