> > 1. We are having a tough time finding and keeping Android 2.1 devices > (most get upgraded to 2.3 or just die)
This is a pain-point that I've felt many times. When I have found a device, there are enough "quirks" on the browser that it's not worth the development time to support the small percentage of users. Usually, I've end up supporting 2.3+. +1 for dropping 2.1. I'll abstain from voting on Honeycomb because I have very little experience with that tablet / Android OS. Michael On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Braden Shepherdson <bra...@chromium.org>wrote: > If manufacturers and carriers are rescuing the Galaxy Tabs (the only > Honeycomb device with any real penetration, I think) then we can justify > dropping support for it eventually. On the other hand, if the only thing > stopping it is hardware acceleration, we could easily turn hardware > acceleration back on and have a "how to fix Honeycomb" doc as Andrew > suggested. > > +1 to dropping 2.1 > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > > > +1 for dropping 2.1 > > +1 for dropping 3.whatever-it-was honeycomb > > > > ...in 2.2 or should we issue a general warning and wait a couple of > > releases? > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Apparently the wifi tablets were only updated last week to ICS (the 3G > > > updates came first). Also, manual update: > > > > > > http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-p7510-android-4-0-4-ics-uelpl-update-official-110369/ > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Verizon just announced today (yes today!): > > >> > > > http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/09/17/verizon-galaxy-tab-10-1-ice-cream-sandwich-update-rolling-out-now/ > > >> > > >> T-mobile announced 2 weeks back: > > >> > > > http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/03/t-mobile-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-android-ics-update/ > > >> > > >> Apparently its available in Canada since end of August 2012: > > >> > > > http://www.androidcentral.com/telus-bell-and-rogers-samsung-galaxy-tab-101-andoid-404-updates-now-available > > >> > > > http://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/forums/forumtopicpage/board-id/GeneralCareSupport/message-id/355 > > >> > > >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Simon MacDonald > > >> <simon.macdon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Me either. My Galaxy 10.1 Tab is still running 3.1. > > >>> > > >>> Simon Mac Donald > > >>> http://hi.im/simonmacdonald > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >>>> Funny, I never got that update. > > >>>> On Sep 17, 2012 5:34 PM, "Anis KADRI" <anis.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Talking about the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > That was last year and Samsung has updated them to 4.0.3 :-) > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Brion Vibber < > > bvib...@wikimedia.org> > > >>>>> >> wrote: > > >>>>> >> > > > >>>>> >> > I would not mind dropping 2.1; our apps for Wikipedia have > been > > 2.2+ > > >>>>> >> anyway > > >>>>> >> > due to breakages in the 2.1 browser. > > >>>>> >> > > > >>>>> >> > 3/3.2 would be slightly sad to miss only because there are > > Honeycomb > > >>>>> >> > tablets that haven't received ICS updates, including my Galaxy > > Tab > > >>>>> 10.1 > > >>>>> >> but > > >>>>> >> > ... let's be honest there's not a lot of them out there. I'm > > not sure > > >>>>> >> how > > >>>>> >> > to blacklist those particular versions in the AndroidManifest > > however > > >>>>> >> while > > >>>>> >> > still being compatible with 2.2/2.3... > > >>>>> >> > > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> That's a very good point. I'm almost convinced that the 3.1 on > > >>>>> >> Google's dashboard is literally the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 > > devices > > >>>>> >> that Google gave away at IO a couple of years ago that were > pretty > > >>>>> >> much orphaned by Samsung because they had a broken build. > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> By far, Honeycomb was probably the worst version of Android > ever, > > and > > >>>>> >> I've been using it since 1.0 and remember how bad 2.0 was when > it > > >>>>> >> first came out on the Droid/Milestone. We can't even deprecate > it > > >>>>> >> cleanly. > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > >
