About that Android 2.1 update…Is it really that enticing?

By now I’m sure you’ve seen at least half a billion blog posts about the Motorola DROID getting the Android 2.1 OTA update starting sometime this week. I myself even touched on it earlier. At first, cries of joy, dancing in the streets half naked, and heavy drinking should follow, shouldn’t it? But the cooler head in me steps back for a second. While I am genuinely happy for the Moto DROID user base as a whole, I find myself slightly disappointed. Sure we’re getting 2.1, but two of the bigger features of the Nexus One 2.1 ROM — the 3D cube app drawer and Live Wallpapers — won’t make it to the DROID.

Again, I’ve already gone over the gist of the official 2.1 upgrade and why it is kind of underwhelming. It begs the question: Why upgrade? If you can have the same experience or better with custom ROM’s, what’s the point. I’m talking about not only the 3D cube launcher and Live Wallpapers but more robust themes, overclocking, CPU temp monitoring, more accurate battery monitoring, and a slew of other forbidden fruits that only rooted users can partake of.

I know not everyone is a full on geek/tinkerer. But is the official 2.1 coming later this week really that enticing to the mass public? Let us know.

Author: Mike Norris

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