Samsung has followed through on the promise uttered by T-Mobile CMO Cole Brodman on Thursday. The company has just issued an emailed press release that states the T-Mobile Vibrant Froyo update is now available. What, all it took was a legal threat? Sadly, although as expected, the update will not come OTA, but instead requires an end user to connect his Vibrant to his PC and use Samsung's Kies Mini software. To be honest, it feels very retro (and not in a good way), and really, this sort of update has always been more daunting for end users.
Also, while Apple continues to use tethered updates, at least the software they use to install the update isn't custom. Instead, it's just plain old iTunes. We have to admit, it seems really old-school in these days of OTA updates for just about every other recent Android phone.
Once the update is completed, your Vibrant will be on build number T959UVKA6 also known as KA6. The full set of instructions are here.
At least Samsung delivered for the Vibrant; now how about the Captivate, Epic 4G, Mesmerize and Fascinate?
