HTC Desire Z Getting Gingerbread Update Soon

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HTC has been serious in meeting customer demands for firmware updates, as exemplified by the way they acted on the user complaints against the news that the HTC Desire was not getting Gingerbread. The company has announced that Gingerbread for the Desire Z is coming soon.

HTC has announced via its German Facebook page that the company’s engineering team is currently testing Android Gingerbread builds for the HTC Desire Z.

Thanks to all who wait[ed] patiently for the Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire. We are just beginning to the final stages of testing and planning, with the rollout of FOTA updates in the coming weeks. It will take some time now before we all will reach it. This will be done by the end of the month.

The update will initially roll out to unlocked or SIM-free releases of the Desire Z, particularly those sold in Germany and likely the rest of Europe. No word whether the update will also be coming soon to the HTC Desire Z sold in the US, such as the T-Mobile G2. The Gingerbread update will bring a handful of new features and tweaks to the Desire Z. These include a more intuitive on-screen keyboard, one-touch word selection copy-and-paste, faster operating speed and better power efficiency.