Android 2.3 Gingerbread Update For Verizon Droid Charge Users Is Now Underway [Verizon Has Begun The Gingerbread Roll-Out For The Samsung Droid Charge, Grab Your Handset & Check For The Update Notification]

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Verizon Wireless offered up the details for this latest Droid Charge software update last week and at the time the rumor was that the update would begin rolling out to users on November 29th. And well, while we are now a day past that date, we are beginning to see reports coming from users letting us know that the roll-out process has begun.

Yup, similar to most other Android software updates, this latest for the Droid Charge will be rolling-out over a gradual process. In other words, the update may not be ready for everyone just yet. But that being said, there are a few options in front of you at this point — either sit back with some patience and wait for the update notification to arrive on your handset or try the manual approach by navigating to Menu -> Settings -> About phone -> System updates from your Charge. Of course, given these updates sometimes have issues for the early adopters — we suggest waiting.

With that out of the way, lets move into the details of this update. The update measures in at 114.9MB in size and is estimated as needing about 2 to 5 minutes to download and another 15 to 20 minutes to install. In other words, make sure you have about 30 minutes or so before you begin the process. And given the size of the update (and newly limited data plans), we would suggest waiting till you have a Wi-Fi connection.

Otherwise, though we have seen these before, lets offer a recap now that the update is actual coming down. The Android 2.3 Gingerbread changelog for the Droid Charge reads as follows;

Enhancements:

• Download Manager App: New App to manage all of your downloads from web browsing, email attachments and
  other apps.
• App and Power Management Details: Under Manage Applications, a new “Running” tab displays a list of active applications and the storage and memory being used by each.
• Improved Word Selection and Copy Functionality: New capability to select a word, or select all, via press-hold. A second press of the selected word copies or cuts the selected characters and pastes them.
• New User Interface and Color Scheme: New widgets, icons and screens with refreshed colors.
• Security: Added Device and SD Card encryption. VPN enhancements integrate IPSec VPN clients into device security settings.
• Updated Calendar Options: Display Calendar and event times in your home time zone when traveling. Dismiss individual reminders, such as dismissing one meeting reminder without dismissing other meeting reminders.

Call Features:

• “Pause”, “Wait” and “Password” have been added into the voicemail speed dial entry for manual entry/storage.
• The vibration alert intensity has been increased.

Email, Messaging and Data:

• The messaging signature setting is now supported.
• The Hotspot-WLAN password is now encrypted.
• Display .eml attachments from Outlook email.

Device Features:

• Software Upgrade Assistant (SUA) has been added.
• The volume of the Low Battery Notification sound has been reduced.

The following device features, applications and software have been improved:

• Audio Output
• Bluetooth
• Camera
• Data Connectivity
• Data Usage App
• Email Client
• EAS Email and Calendar syncing
• GPS
• HDMI Output
• SMS / MMS Messaging
• Visual Voice Mail
• Web Browser
• Video on Demand

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