clipped from news.cnet.com Google has begun distributing a patch to its Android mobile phone operating system, an early test for how nimbly the company can respond and how well the infrastructure works to distribute and install updates. For the Android test phone I’m using, a T-Mobile G1, the update was smoother than the process by which the software problem came to light publicly on October 24. The handset I’m testing gave me a message Saturday afternoon: “A system update is available,” and a choice to update now or later. When I clicked the button to begin the update, it downloaded new software, which took a few minutes, then installed it, then resumed working with no hitches.

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