Yesterday, I managed to manually update my phone to Motorolas Android 2.1 version. Here are some notes on the end result:

• The Live Wallpapers are useless (and, by the way, doesn’t include the pyramid-like Nexus One wallpaper)
• There are 5 homescreens by default, but is configurable up to 9
• The 3D app launcher see on the Nexus One is not included; there’s a plain app-drawer, and home screen indication fades in on slide and is not permanently visible
• There’s a Facebook app integrated, not that anyone wants to use that anymore
• The Cooliris-built Picasa-integrated 3D gallery included on the Nexus One is not present in this 2.1
• Google Earth is not yet available for Motorola Android 2.1, though I believe this is a switch Google has to flip
• Voice-to-text input everywhere is not present any more than it was before.

Overall, 2.1 feels sligthly snappier than previous versions, but with so much left on the cutting-floor, this is not the droid I was looking for.