Comments on: Motorola Milestone Updates

By: Cristian

Cristian — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:06:28 +0000

@Lucio, forget about customer support in latin america and about the update I live in argentina and i’m still waiting for it.. If you go to the official support forum they only know how to say “it’ll be ready soon” or “it’s coming” but if you ask some concrete dates the answer is “don’t have that info but will let you know as soon as possible”

By: KBlack

KBlack — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:28:49 +0000

@Janus
But I want my hardware keyboard! Even if I hear it’s not that good :(
Plus, no Canadian 3G-compatible version of the N1. The Milestone is the only high-end android over here, and I’m sick of waiting. I’ve been holding out since those Sholes renders were leaked by motofan.ru… Sad to see today that there are so many unknowns about the device (Android 2.1? Will we eventually be able to flash custom roms? What about that Flash support?)

By: janus

janus — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:47 +0000

Milestone is crap compared to the droid. Signed bootloader says everything. I am a Milestoneuser and I tell you go for the NexusOne…

By: razorskub

razorskub — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:50:11 +0000

I hate living in this prarie wasteland. I wanted the pre when it came out but bell doesn’t cover manitoba, and now we’re getting shafted with this too! Screw it I’m moving, once the snow clears enough to get out of the house.

By: Lucio

Lucio — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:07:35 +0000

Thanks for the info about Milestone. Everybody talks about DROID but so little is said about the brother??.
Do you know anything about the Latinamerican updates for the MILESTONE ?

By: KBlack

KBlack — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:52:30 +0000

Don’t hold your breath for flash right now. I don’t know where the “enabled” comes from, but “flash ready” means that the hardware is there, but adobe has yet to deliver the software. Expect it in the coming 2-3 months though.

By: mihaelb

mihaelb — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:58 +0000

according to this, it supports flash, too:
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/CA-EN/Consumer-Products-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/Motorola-MILESTONE-CA-EN

By: influencd

influencd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:46:49 +0000

‘The phone without limits’ is a complete joke.
With disregard Motorola have signed the bootloader of this device, ruling out the possibility of custom ROMs – please please please give this issue some publicity! They haven’t done it on the Droid… why is the milestone any different?!

http://www.and-developers.com/motorola_milestone:custom_recovery:pr_attack

By: Cristian

Cristian — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:37:25 +0000

Before buying a milestone please go to the motorola milestone support forums (OTA updates thread) a see what owners think about the update “service” provided by motorola..

By: --Z--

--Z-- — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:38:13 +0000

The problem with SK and MB are that Telus doesn’t own the network there, they’re buying service from the local providers. Both those local providers are behind on rolling out UTMS 3G, so it’s actually impossible for the Milestone (with Telus) to work there without switching to Rogers or Fido.

By this time next year, it’ll be sorted out, and really, you’d never ever want to use a phone with Telus anyway. Buying, unlocking, and using with another provider is going to be your best bet.

By: G

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:11:51 +0000

I hope the Telus Milestone will get 2.1 i dont realy trust canadan providers but if moto would realease an update that word work for me!

By: jdog

jdog — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:04:42 +0000

This and the other stories this week are great but when are we going to hear what you guys think in a podcast?

By: KBlack

KBlack — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:59:55 +0000

Actually Best Buy changed the pre-order announcement to remove the date. I hope it’s still supposed to launch on the 18th though, it might well be because Telus or Motorola asked BB to remove the date because they didn’t reveal it yet themselves.