Google did seem to say that they wanted to concentrate on only one Phone right now to get things right. So maybe different things are undecided, things that will turn into android standards.
- Juan T. On Sep 18, 6:00 am, Raqueeb Hassan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 11, 6:16 am, jtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "The manufacturer of each device is responsible for distributing > > software upgrades for it, including security fixes. Many devices will > > update themselves automatically with software downloaded "over the > > air", while some devices require the user to upgrade them > > manually."http://code.google.com/android/kb/security.html > > <snip> > > Well, I might be wrong, how hardware manufacturers will be able to > distribute the upgrades of their firmware, because the OS is been made > by somebody else? They might come up something like HAL (Hardware > abstraction layer) which will translate the OS back to hardware like > device drivers. > > Should you leave OS upgrades to the hardware manufacturers, the > integrity might get lost. I agree to your point on "Many devices will > update themselves automatically with software downloaded over the > air", but it will be done from the OS manufacturer, not from hardware > manufacturer’s distribution servers. > > Can you please elaborate a bit? > > Thank you. > > -- > Raqueeb Hassan > Bangladesh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
