In the past 48 hours HTC has sent Desire owners on a roller coaster of emotion. First the Android Gingerbread update is cancelled due to memory limitations and then a mere 24 hours later the company retracts the statement. In the latest development, HTC has clarified its position by saying, “to resolve the Desire’s memory issue and enable the upgrade to Gingerbread, we will cut select apps from the release”.
Which apps will be cut from the release? We’re not sure yet, HTC promises to offer a status update on the situation “starting next week”. So, on the plus side yes Gingerbread is coming to the HTC Desire in some shape or form, however, certain applications will not be included.
Here’s one Desire owner’s solution to the problem, “cut peep, friendstream, footprints, stocks, video player, and all the other junk not needed as part of the ‘sense experience’. Would rather have gingerbread and lose bundled apps.”
In the company’s initial statement, Gingerbread was cancelled because they were unable to release the update without “compromising the HTC Sense experience you’ve come to expect from our phones”. Though HTC says they’ll be cutting select apps, it makes us wonder if they really mean they’ll be cutting Sense. What do you think: would you rather have vanilla Gingerbread on your HTC Desire or would you rather keep HTC Sense and skip the update?
via HTC
