I think it's actually worse. Android versions were important before, but it's been Google the one making it really important since they started to release apps only for 2.0. (Buzz, Maps, Google Shopper, Earth, etc.)
While I've been a supporter of Android (aka fanboy), I'm really disappointed with the way things are being done. Just so you get the idea in Canada. - We only have the Moto Milestone in Telus with 2.0 - We still don't have paid apps. - Motorola JUST announced 3 phones running 1.5 - Rogers phones don't have OTA updates, we had to download 2 zip files and copy them to the SD card (not what I call friendly) In general I won't say that Android is doomed like PCWorld ( http://www.pcworld.com/article/189969/google_android_is_doomed_to_selfdestruct.html ) said, but I would say that they allowed this fragmentation and now they a mess with companies releasing (and annoucing) products with obsolete versions of Android. Why doesn't Google ask that if they want to be a Google Experience device, they should provide updates for certain amount of time. Very disappointed. On Feb 23, 1:17 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want to talk about disappointment about updates then talk to an HTC > Tattoo owner. > > 3 months after the big product launch in Oct / Nov last year it comes to > light that 1.6 is all it's getting due to "hardware constraints". > > I can understand the annoyance of a 6 month old phone not getting an update, > but when we're talking about 90 days between launch and being essentially > obsolete, then imho product cycles are a too close together, and because of > being burnt by the Tattoo we're not buying HTC devices in future. > > 'phone manufacturers really need to wake up to the fact that it may be nice > to have a shiny pretty thing to show users every few months, but if they're > ditching updates for their older devices just as quickly then 'phone users > will move elsewhere because the crowd to whom shiny pretty 'phones are > important really do not like the phrase 'Ohhh, sweetie, that's sooo last > quarter, don't you know Android has moved on two versions since then and that > device is just sooo out of date'. > > Al. > > P.S. If you're interested the last I heard the hardware issue was the Tattos > use of a resistive touch screen which means it can't do multi-touch which is > used in the 2.x version of Sense, so it's an HTC choice to require > multi-touch despite one of their most recent 'phones being unable to support > it. > -- > > * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > number 6741909. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily > those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. > > On 19 Feb 2010, at 13:50, appel wrote: > > > > > There will always be something newer. If HTC ever releases their 2.1 > > update for the HTC Hero I will actually be impressed. Usually phone > > manufacturers do not release any major updates to existing phones > > since they prefer if you buy a new phone instead. Now if only HTC > > would release an official vanilla Android 2.1 update in addition to > > the Sense crap I'd be really happy. > > > On Feb 10, 3:13 pm, Ben <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What's the point of the entire platform going forward with ever- > >> increasing diversification in the versions on handsets? > > >> Why does my HTC Hero run v1.5 when the main effort is on 2.x? > > >> Very very frustrating and very very disappointing. > > >> How about a discount off the Nexus for us early adopters? :( > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- 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.
