FroYo-Expectant Desire Users on Vodafone Get Bloatware Instead
Vodafone pushed an update to their subscribers on the HTC Desire, recently, but it wasn’t FroYo that their phone was filled with: it was filled with Vodafone’s “360” services. Translation (according to you guys): bloatware. Vodafone – who never committed to a solid window for upgrading their Desire owners to FroYo – is under another heavy storm of customer complaints due to software which many consider is highly unnecessary and hurts the user experience more than it helps.
Vodafone 360 adds a bunch of Vodafone-branded “apps” and widgets to the user’s device which are impossible to uninstall (if you aren’t rooted, anyhow). Our inbox was chock full of you guys expressing distaste for this stuff as you claim a majority of it is useless and does nothing but pollute the app drawer with icons (hopefully the icons look decent to the naked eye).
While we can’t form an opinion on the update – we have yet to see it ourselves – we hear you guys. As far as FroYo goes, Vodafone’s trying to get you guys up to speed and have only given a timeframe of “as soon as possible”. Try not to get too raunchy with your opinions on Vodafone and this upgrade in the comments section below: we’re trying to maintain a family friendly atmosphere here, folks. ;)