Sense we are speculating, I say late june or early july.

 

I saw an article stating July somewhere.

 

Google couldn't have built in tethering without have an way out for the carriers.
That would be insane. They're aware that carriers like charging for that. Not an issue.

HTC will want this out ASAP, if they can jam the current Sense on there I'm pretty sure they'd do it. Not an issue.

Experience with Sprint and WebOS tells us that they don't "drag their feet".
WebOS updates were all released in less than a month after being submitted. Some only took days. Also not an issue.

I'll say we'll get it soon if not on launch, and I've been saying that before OZcarguide.

-edit: where the article? Last I heard 2nd Qt for all 2010 phones.

 

It is just a wild guess. I think htc will want to rain on apples parade. Tethering, efficiency, and the list of hundred other things that froyo will do, will be directly compared to apple. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. I also think sense is matured enough and the process for upgrade is clear enough that a 3-4 month upgrade cycle is just too long.

 

What about the experience with Sprint, HTC Hero and android? They have been blueballing me since december for 2.1 and we just now got it.

 

October.

 

The jump from 2.1 to 2.2 is nothing compared to a hacked-up 1.5 to 2.1.

 

I am going with the first week after the phone is released.

 

I remember reading the article where Sprint said they have learned their lesson from the Palm Pre release. Hopefully that means they will get behind this as their flagship device and get 2.2 out ASAP.

 

the error was with the launch, limited inventory, exclusivity period, etc.

Updates were never a problem. At least not getting them released.

 

yeah, there was even an OTA update ready on release day, then another one a few weeks later (but these were mostly just bug fixes, Hell almost all the pre updates were bug fixes, or adding things that should have been there from the start, there whave been only like 1 or 2 BIG updates (as in big meaning they added alot of cool things) in the past year, but even those were things other smart phones were already doing (and one of those updates took like 45-90 days for sprint to approve according to info palm posted about update approval times from the diff carriers)

 

im banking on august/september. it might not be needed, depending on how quick it gets rooted. i'll be just fine till then lol.

 

In my opinion, Late June or Early July for HTC to do their stuff, then its goes to Sprint for their internal testings. Which if history is any guess could take anywhere from a month to 6 months. My money is about Late August.

But like others have said, they have learned their lesson from previous model updates and they wouldn't want to have their flagship phone out of the loop for too long of a time. The sooner the better.
Plus I really think (again just an opinion) that going from 2.1 to 2.2 is or should be easier than going from anything before that version.

Great thread btw.

TS out (looking in his crystal ball)

 

Of course, you can always remember that the phone will most likely be rooted in the very near future, and official ROMs are usually leaked (like with the Hero).

 

Yes yes! More speculation! It's what gets me going in the morning!

June 28th (but only if it doesn't come within a week of EVO release)

If I get that right can I get like a million thanks? lol

 

Barring any announcements re: Froyo before the EVO is released, I feel HTC/Sprint is really dropping the ball on this. Existing Sprint customers who want an Android phone will be getting the EVO regardless of the status of Froyo. If I was on Sprint, I would certainly be doing the same thing.

However, there are a lot of Android fans out there on other carriers with other Android phones who would QUICKLY jump ship to Sprint for the EVO. I know because I was one of them. I even reserved the EVO on the first day it was available at Best Buy. However, HTC's terrible track record of providing updates to their SenseUI phones has me reconsidering switching to Sprint and the EVO from Verizon and my Droid (which is stock Android).

I'm sorry, but it just seems silly to be releasing this powerhouse of an Android phone with anything but the latest version of the OS.

I'm sorry for my rant, but I'm just really disappointed.

 

You have to realize that with 2.2 just being released, HTC does not have the time to incorporate it's own modifications (Sense UI) into Froyo before the HTC EVO 4G's release date.

At that same time, they would still then need to allow Sprint testers to verify that all is well with Android 2.2 Froyo on the EVO, and THEN release it to the public.

Lets think logically here; I much rather have the HTC EVO 4G running Android 2.1 release on June 4th rather than get an HTC EVO 4G running Android 2.2 this fall. Plain stupid, either way, you are still waiting nearly the same amount of time for 2.2, I'll play with 2.1 while I wait.