New Motorola Droid 2 System Software Update Brings Longer Battery Life

Verizon has released an update for the system software on the Motorola Droid 2. This includes a number of improvements, the most notable of which is a promise of a better battery life.

The full list of enhancements in in the changelog for version 2.3.20 is quite lengthy:

• New ability to add pictures from your Gallery to a contact.
• Export all your contacts to the SD card.
• View details of Social Networking contacts.
• VZ Navigator is now preloaded on device.
• Heightened proximity sensor accuracy to enable faster screen response.
• View the Weather widget in both landscape and portrait orientation.
• Simpler setup, improved user interactions, and better notifications for Visual Voice Mail.
• Background Email Sync during display inactivity for better user experience.
• Support for email domain suffixes containing more than three characters.
• Keep text messages organized with chronological in-box screen.
• Edit text messages after you've inserted a video file.
  Improved audio sound during recorded video playbacks.
• Stream Guided Tour videos on device in Help Center application with ease.
• Faster location tracking during GPS navigation.
• Faster transitions between Wi-Fi and 3G in data connection.

Get the Update
To install this update, users of this Motorola smartphone should go to Menu > Settings > About phone > System updates > Download on the device, and then following the on-screen prompts.

A full set of instructions for downloading and installing this update on the Droid 2 can be found on Verizon's website. 

Overview of the Motorola Droid 2
This high-end Android OS smartphone from Verizon is a slider with a 3.7-inch WVGA display and a landscape-oriented keyboard.

Because it has Android OS 2.2, this smartphone has a very capable web browser, email software, music and video player, and the the web browser supports Adobe Flash.

The Droid 2 can connect to Verizon's 3G (EV-DO Rev. A) network, and it includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It can also act as a mobile hotspot.

It has a 5 megapixel camera with a flash, 8 GB of on-board storage as well as an 8 GB microSD/SDHC memory card.

The Motorola Droid 2 is selling for $200 with a new or renewed two-year service contract.