When the Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate was updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Captivate owners were very disappointed, now they can enjoy Gingerbread features. The Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade is finally available for the Samsung Captivate (SGH-i897).
The Samsung Galaxy Captivate was one of the top best smartphones of the year, for AT&T in 2010. It has been replaced by the Samsung Galaxy S II at AT&T as the top smartphone of the year by Wireless and Mobile News top best final list.
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Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant and Epic 4G will not be getting an update to the latest version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). The original Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" model won't be updated either.
Update 12/27/2011: There are new reports that suggest that Samsung is reconsidering its decision.
A blog post from Samsung reported that Samsung Galaxy S smartphones don't have enough RAM or ROM to run Android 4.0 along with the Samsung TouchWiz UI.
Meanwhile, tech fans don't like the reason given for not updating the Samsung Galaxy S line, especially since the Samsung Nexus S, which has the same 1GHz processor and RAM as the Galaxy S line, was getting an update to ICS until it was halted.
So far the Samsung Vibrant is the only US Samsung Galaxy S phone to get an update to Android 2.2 Froyo. For a very brief time, bloggers reported that AT&T released an update for the Samsung Captivate with instructions, but...
Rumors over the long-delayed update to Android 2.2 Froyo for Samsung Galaxy S smartphones have been refuted by Samsung. Now Samsung states that the delay is not due to financial reasons.Phone Scoop's latest scoop in response to forum conjecture that...
After a shaky start, the Samsung Galaxy S started getting the update to Android 2.2 via the Kies app late last week. The Froyo update was announced via the Samsung U.K. Mobile Twitter page."Froyo starts rolling out today; everyone will...