Motorola MILESTONE delayed past Magic December 11th

Expansys have updated their website to reflect a further 4 days until the release of the Motorola Milestone in the UK.  This puts the current estimated date at 14th/15th December which will be cutting it close to make it into those Christmas stockings.

Users have been remonstrating on the expansys Discussion Board, and knowing how great this phone is I can understand their frustrations at wanting the phone yesterday. I was very tempted to pre-order the phone yesterday, however with a massively dented Christmas credit card- I will have to wait until next year to partake in the Motorola Milestone experience.

A further interesting point is that this puts the handset firmly past the magic December 11th 2009 date where the following is confirmed:

1. There will be a new update to the Motorola Droid released
2. The new terms and conditions for the Android Market will come into force.

So far rumours about the 11 December date, have included an updated android market, the release of Android 2.1 and the release of a desktop client for Android.  I am not sure how many of these rumoured items will come through, but I am certain that there is something being planned.

So for all the rioting customers on Expansys who are holding a mini revolution against Expansys-

Here is a rundown of the corrected information from their support boards.

• Expansys may have stock in as soon as tomorrow (Expansys confirmed in a statement)
• Yes it is unlocked and thus will run on any network
• Yes it will receive future Android updates
• Yes you can purchase Apps through the Android market using it
• Yes you will be able to unlock it ( info supplied by Wired via T3) unless they fix the hole by then!

So don’t bother cancelling your pre-orders- your phone could be coming sooner than you think!

I personally wouldn’t want to rob myself of spending Christmas and New year showing off their shiny new Milestones to friends and family over the sake of a few extra days.

To keep yourselves occupied for the wait why not watch the Droid guided tour below to brush up on the new handset.

Or spend some time drooling over the amazing Verizon Droid adverts which I have converted into a nice Milestone Youtube playlist.

Motorola MILESTONE page at eXpansys UK.

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