The Motorola Atrix was released on Telstra earlier this year with Android 2.2 (Froyo) on it. This was already behind the ball when Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) source code had already been available for several months.
The U.S. version of the Atrix received its Gingerbread update at the end of July, so there was no doubt that Telstra would take several more months of testing (“NextG Optimising”) to get this to their Australian version.
Telstra just confirmed via Twitter that the Gingerbread update is now available. You can get your update by waiting for the phone to prompt you or by going to Settings > About Phone > System Updates.
The Gingerbread update brings the following enhancements to the Atrix:
Gallery – Enhancements to the picture Gallery allow you to aggregate all your photos, your friends’ photos and photo comments from social networking and photo sites like Facebook and Picasa in one place for easy viewing
Music – Enhancements so your Music player is now connected to a dashboard for music discovery. Plus, easy access to all your favorite artists, live, personalized recommendations for songs & videos and news and event updates
User Interface – Updated user interface with simpler home screen design, including shift to use of white backgrounds in menus, enabling better viewing experience
Dock Icons – Enhancement that enables easy access to favorite apps at bottom of each screen
Organized App Tray – Enhancement that helps you personalize and categorize favorite apps into groups so you can be more efficient
Location Based Recommendations – Enhancement that provides access to social content in one place so you can find out what is happening around you. You can use Yelp reviews and Facebook check-ins to find out what others are recommending
Faster Webtop Browsing – Enhancement to webtop application includes Firefox 4.0 so you can browse faster than with previous versions of Firefox
HD Video Playback – Enhancement that now enables HD Video Playback in 1080p for better viewing experience
Multiple Recipient Emails – Create groups for multiple recipient emails so you can communicate faster
One touch conference call access – Enhancement that makes it easier to dial-in to conference bridges while you’re on-the-go
Task Management Tools – Enhancement that makes it easier to create, edit & delete tasks, and to assign priorities and reminders
Productivity Tools – Enhancements to business ready security features so you can get more work done onthe-go which includes robust VPN, device and SD card encryption, device management via 3rd party console and remote wipe capability
Notification Tray – Enhancement that enables you to dismiss notifications one at a time
This is completely revamped and offers a swag of performance improvements, so do yourself a favour and update that beast.
I have not been able to download the update. Telstra advised me via twitter that they were updating in batches &have that I should be good by next week.
Telstra rep just updated the WP thread: Heya all, It has come to our attention that there have been some issues with the Motorola ATRIX software update – Gingerbread 2.3 and would like to sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may be causing. I can confirm Android 2.3 Gingerbread software is now available for Motorola ATRIX. Notifications started being sent out at 8AM this morning. You can initiate the software download by going to menu > settings > about phone > system updates. The upgrade delivers the following improvements: – An improved user interface; – Motorola Media link Lite –… Read more »
anyone have nfs shift get deleted with the new update? mine is gone..?
mine after update last night, network doesn’t work tll now. please help
yeah the phone seems to run slower!!! really really anoying! also have the feeling that this telstra update is not as good as the overseas updates… 🙁
just updated bu cant connect to net
It’s crap. The phone runs slower than it was on 2.2 Froyo. Not impressed Telstra!
Trolololol. Go Motorola!
I have not been able to download the update. Telstra advised me via twitter that they were updating in batches &have that I should be good by next week.
Its just a notification at the moment. No actual OTA yet for ppl discussing it on Whirlpool http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1771635&p=25#r483
Mine is currently downloading.
Telstra rep just updated the WP thread: Heya all, It has come to our attention that there have been some issues with the Motorola ATRIX software update – Gingerbread 2.3 and would like to sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may be causing. I can confirm Android 2.3 Gingerbread software is now available for Motorola ATRIX. Notifications started being sent out at 8AM this morning. You can initiate the software download by going to menu > settings > about phone > system updates. The upgrade delivers the following improvements: – An improved user interface; – Motorola Media link Lite –… Read more »