Its only an advantage until your phone stops working. The vendors must spend a lot of time making sure their overlays work.
On Dec 7, 3:03 pm, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess, but I'd have guessed that they'd do it continuously, every time > Google made a new drop available to them. Then, there shouldn't be much > delay. > > Being first with new versions of Android seems like a competitive advantage. > > Moandji > > --www.moandjiezana.com > > Sent from my Android > On 7 Dec 2010 20:54, "Casper Bang" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > They need time to add all their crapware on top (Sense, Motoblur etc.) > > and test? > > > On Dec 7, 8:42 pm, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If OHA members can access private repos all along, why don't they release > >> their builds a couple of weeks after Google? > > >> Moandji > > >> --www.moandjiezana.com > > >> Sent from my Android > >> On 7 Dec 2010 20:27, "Casper Bang" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> Also the gaming focus Andy Rubin mentioned > >> >> two months ago has to wait at least until Android 3.0 in Spring > > >> > Well, the NDK has been substantially expanded to cater to game > >> > programmers and similar stuff that prefers deep native hooks (i.e. > >> > MonoDroid). > > >> >> 2.3 still hasn't been opensourced, so I'm not sure OEM's can start > >> porting > >> >> it yet. > > >> > Pretty sure the OHA OEM's have access to Google's private Git trees > >> > though! > > >> >> Anyone know why they chose Samsung this time over HTC for their Nexus > >> >> phone? Are HTC and Google at odds? > > >> > I think Google specifically tries *not* to favor any one OEM, as per > >> > round-robin fashion. > > >> >>You mention that this is very similar to the Samsung > >> >> Galaxy? The processor is a Cortex-A8. Is the Cortex-A9 processor being > >> >> used much in phones yet? > > >> > Probably not until early next year, but Samsungs 45nm Hummingbird A8 > >> > SOC, particular the GPU, is a good deal faster than that of Quallcom's > >> > Snapdragon found in the Nexus One. It looks as though Android is > >> > starting to have ambitions regarding mobile gaming! > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > >> "The Java Posse" group.> To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected].>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > >> .com> > > <javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com>>> .> For more options, visit this > group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group.> To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > .com> > .> For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
