South African HTC Desire, Desire Z and Desire HD users can look forward to updates to the underlying Android operating system in the next two months, the official local HTC distributor Leaf International Communications revealed.<\/p>\n
This comes hot on the heels of the news that HTC confirmed an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread<\/a> for these devices in the second quarter of 2011.<\/p>\n Android is a mobile operating system (OS) developed by Google for mobile devices such as smartphones. Version 2.3 of the OS, also called “Gingerbread,” is the latest release for smartphones.<\/p>\n Google’s own Nexus S was the first Android 2.3 Gingerbread device and the Nexus One, its predecessor, recently received an update<\/a> to the latest Android release for smartphones (2.3.3).<\/p>\n A Gingerbread update for Samsung’s Galaxy S<\/a> also recently leaked onto the Internet.<\/p>\n It is understood that the updates will be delivered “over-the-air,” meaning users will be able to download them directly to the device over a 3G or Wi-Fi connection to the Internet.<\/p>\n Earlier this year Leaf revealed that all their Android devices will receive updates via firmware over-the-air (FOTA<\/a>).<\/p>\n According to Leaf they expect to have an upgrade available for the HTC Desire HD by the end of this month. The Desire Z and the original HTC Desire are to receive their updates to the latest release of Google’s mobile operating system in April or May.<\/p>\n