Many have been waiting, plenty have given up. This is what has happened in the Garmin-Asus community at the moment. As the frustration heats, I have some sad news to share. We might not get Froyo for the A10 at all.

I got a verbal word from one of my informers that the Froyo upgrade project has been discontinued. Although this is still vaguely proven rumor, I think its best to let loose our hopes and settle for Eclair – which in my opinion is not bad either.

When the A10 was initially released, it was announced with the Cupcake (Android 1.6) for the countries that received it. Then, our asian countries got the Eclair (Android 2.1) version. So I think, for the device to have a leap from 1.6 to 2.1 was already good enough.

You will not want to know how painful our wait was when I was using HTC Hero that was running on Donut (Android 1.5) and we were promised an upgrade to Android 1.6, which was new at that time. We did not get it. Then we were promised Android 2.1, and heavens know how long it took to get the update. By then, most Hero users were rooted and running custom firmwares – which later made the hacking scene even more famous.

So I think having the Eclair is good enough. I will not whine really and I suggest the others to put an end to this wait too. We might just wait for a custom ROM that runs on Froyo maybe.

Shahz