In a quite spectacular show of poor timing, Vodafone has today pushed out an unannounced over-the-air update for its branded HTC Desire – but it IS NOT the arrival of Android 2.2 users have been hoping to see.

Instead, today’s Vodafone Desire update changes the splash screen, alters the Home page and generally updates the “branding” and certain Vodafone apps on the Desire – which is rather frustrating for users of the Android phone, to say the least.

Here’s an email we’ve just received from a rather miffed reader:

“Vodafone put out an update for the HTC Desire, but much to the annoyance of all the people on Vodafone’s forums the update wasn’t actually Froyo. It was just a load of bloatware from Vodafone, including amazing features such as a new Vodafone Splash screen and whole load of pointless Vodafone applications and bookmarks. A lot of very angry Desire users on VF basically. Thought you might just be amused by this anecdote, that is anyone might be amused, unless they are using the Desire on Vodafone!”

The fish is not amused:

If you enjoy seeing angry men shouting into the internet, do check out the Vodafone HTC Desire update thread. Many nights of angry, restless sleep lie ahead for these poor chaps.