> Which manufacturers are good about updating their phones? This is complicated because in many countries apparently, phones are branded and gets crap-ware added by the carrier because they have ambitions of being more than just an infrastructure. Google tried to change that with their new sales model, but carriers obviously succeeded in lobbying for this distribution model to be discontinued.
But I would say HTC isn't bad. My HTC Magic shipped with 1.5, received 1.6 and then 2.1 - this is directly from HTC, thankfully carriers don't get to dictate much where I live. What's important is that we let the manufactures as well as carriers know that fire-and-forget is not OK with 500$+ smartphones. > Right now, picking a phone feels like a > game of Russian roulette. Even the official developer phones aren't immune: > is the Nexus One now obsolete? Will it get Honeycomb? Your best bet is obviously go to with Google experience reference phones, currently N1 and NS. The N1 (and Desire/Desire HD) is in no way obsolete and, given the story with my HTC Magic, I would fully expect Android 3.0 to arrive on these. -- 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.
