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Confirmed: Rogers Samsung Galaxy Spica to run Android 1.5

By on March 8, 2010 at 5:35pm in Asides, Mobile News, Rogers Wireless News, Various News

Thanks to tipster “Mlexxus” for confirming the upcoming Rogers Samsung Galaxy Spica will in fact indeed come loaded with Android OS 1.5. We also hear from another source that this will be upgraded within the following couple months. No word on when the Galaxy Spica is officially launching but the price points are the following:

3-year contract (promo price): $79.99
3-year contract (after promo): $299.99
2-year contract: $349.99
1-year contract: $399.99
No contract: $449.99

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11 comments for “Confirmed: Rogers Samsung Galaxy Spica to run Android 1.5”

  1. Lets hope this thing is rootable

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    Posted by xau | March 8, 2010, 5:59 pm
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  2. ok I have to ask what does “rootable” mean and why is it so important to so many people

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    Posted by Mathieu Petitpas | March 8, 2010, 6:10 pm
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  3. What a waste. I’m sure this will be the same case with the SE X10 in a few months as well.

    @ Mathieu – there is some great info on rooting here http://smarterware.org/3189/why-and-how-to-root-your-android-phone

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    Posted by RogersGuy | March 8, 2010, 6:22 pm
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  4. I hope Rogers/Samsung doesn’t lock the device as Rogers/HTC did with the last update for the Magic(+).

    I’m pretty sure that Rogers/Samsung don’t understand how it’s important to have at least Android 1.6.

    Rogers continue to fail the Android experience in Canada.

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    Posted by Mathieu | March 8, 2010, 7:16 pm
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  5. fail.

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    Posted by Samuel Maskell | March 8, 2010, 8:59 pm
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  6. “rootable” means that the users gets “root” access, otherwise known as being the super user.

    Which means that you can install a different rom on it (1.6, 2.0 for instance). You can upgrade the operating system to one of the ones available online, as opposed to waiting for the manufacturer to do it.

    Having a rooted device comes with a little responsibility however; you need to ensure you know what your’e doing (following instructions very carefully), as you can ruin your device if you don’t install everything properly, also known as “bricking” your device”.

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    Posted by Mark L | March 8, 2010, 9:14 pm
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  7. i went to the rogers store a couple of days ago and i remember that the no term phone only price was $395

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    Posted by Frank yu | March 8, 2010, 9:46 pm
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  8. - The phone is rootable
    - The phone can take 2.1

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    Posted by Dave | March 8, 2010, 10:52 pm
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  9. There is a 2.1 firmware floating for this phone I think, if we can root

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    Posted by xau | March 9, 2010, 2:23 am
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  10. Does it call 911 properly this time Rogers?

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    Posted by Larry L. | March 9, 2010, 2:48 am
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  11. You would think that after the whole fiasco with the Dream/Magic, Rogers would not even dare releasing a phone that was stuck still on v1.5.

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    Posted by theninjasquad | March 9, 2010, 9:17 am
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