Nice article :) Sent from ICS 4.0.3 powered by Smartfren EVDO On Dec 24, 2011 8:17 AM, "Ali Ramdani - Thoa -" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Masih Tentang keputusan Samsung untuk tidak (akan?) meng-upgrade Samsung > Galaxy S dan Samsung Galaxy Tab 7'. > Menurut Gigaom.com : > > Samsung, you’re doing it wrong with Android 4.0 > > <http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/galaxy-s-4g-featured.jpg>The > second best-selling Samsung smartphone in history won’t officially see an > upgrade to Android 4.0, leaving owners to decide between buying a newer > phone, sticking with Android 2.3 or hacking on a custom build of Google’s > latest mobile operating system. The reason Samsung won’t be offering such > an upgrade? According to Samsung > Tomorrow<http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/2043> by > way of The > Verge<http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/23/2657132/samsung-no-ics-upgrade-for-galaxy-s-and-galaxy-tab>, > Samsung’s own customize TouchWiz user interface is the answer, which sounds > more like a lame excuse instead of a valid explanation. > > Samsung’s Galaxy Tab — a 7-inch slate I’ve been using daily for more than > a year now — is also on the “won’t see Android 4.0″ list, says the Samsung > Tomorrow blog. I can understand we’re looking at a smartphone and a tablet > that debuted in 2010, and there’s a limited shelf life for future updates > on mobile devices. What I don’t understand, nor accept really, is that the > issue is Samsung’s user interface software. Even worse, I think Samsung is > shooting itself in the foot. Here’s why. > > - *You have to treat current customers well.* On one hand, I can see > Samsung’s stance if it chooses not to bring Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) to > these older devices. From a financial standpoint, those handsets and > tablets are already sold, and Samsung has earned all the income it’s going > to from the sale of such devices. To bring Android 4.0 to the Galaxy S and > Galaxy Tab, the company would have to invest time, effort and money to > deliver the software. It has no financial incentive to do so. But customers > don’t care about that, and could decide to buy a competing product if they > feel slighted. > - *Software add-ons should never stop product advances.* Some people > like TouchWiz and some don’t. The same could be said for HTC’s Sense. But > both are user interface add-ons atop Google Android. and neither should be > the primary cause of stopping an Android update. HTC once fell into this > same trap with Gingerbread on its Desire handset, and eventually > compromised by removing some custom apps to make room for the > update<http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/15/htc-pulls-a-180-now-says-gingerbreads-coming-to-desire/> > . > - *This isn’t a technical issue, it’s a bad decision.* My first > thought about this situation was that perhaps the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab > didn’t have the horsepower to run Android 4.0. Yet the Nexus S, made by > Samsung, will get the ICS > software<https://plus.google.com/104629412415657030658/posts/cRBcEzBAmGL> and > it has very similar specifications to the Galaxy S in terms of memory, > storage capacity and processor. And I’m willing to bet the Android > enthusiast community will have a custom build of Android 4.0 for both > devices, if it doesn’t already. How sad is it that external developers can > make this happen, when Samsung can’t? > > Will most people who own a Samsung Galaxy S or Galaxy Tab be in an uproar > over this? Probably not, as they’ll likely never know about Samsung’s > decision nor will they be thinking about Android 4.0 for devices that are > 18 months old. But the decision sets a bad precedent going forward and > suggests that Samsung is more concerned with selling newer hardware than > supporting existing customers and their current devices. > > My suggestion would be a compromise of sorts: Offer a stock version of > Android 4.0 for these devices with the customer understanding and accepting > the fact that the TouchWiz interface will no longer be available after the > upgrade. Unless there’s a real technical reason for the lack of an Android > 4.0 upgrade — something Samsung should make clear — this might be the best > answer. It wouldn’t cost nearly as much for Samsung to develop and test, > while consumers thinking Samsung has let them down might be more accepting > of the situation. > > > -- > Regards, > > Ali Ramdani | Thoa > Past is experience, Present is experiment & Future is expectation. 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