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Originally Posted by dfitzpatrick
After reading the first couple of responses, I looked back at my words and I came to the same conclusion-- it was straight whining. That, itself, was my fault because I failed to illustrate my argument clearly and open it up for discussion. For that, I apologize.
However, the argument I am bringing forth is that of the Android OS's purpose. It is designed to be open source as jbearamus pointed out. My whole issue is that cell phone companies are not adopting to the trending ways of the market. They are taking an open source principle, and adopting closed-source solutions to it. Don't get me wrong, I like HTC Sense UI and an update depending on its upgrade being held back I don't mind (because I can just choose not use use Sense). I am waiting patiently for the update-- I have not rooted the phone etc... but now with the supposed news of a Hero2, it shows the direction that the carrier is going. They are holding back updates, or not expediting them for pushing different product lines.
Cell phone companies need to better adopt these OTA updates and make them part of their business model. That, or come up with a open system that allows the user to update as they please. If Android is to truly expand and get better and better, we need to have hardware be the limiting factor on phones-- not carrier decisions.
What are your thoughts?
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fair enough, hardware should be the limit, not bureaucrats but at the same time, how long does it take to build an interface like Sense? Now, you've mentioned the quick evolution of the operating system but do you think HTC is capable of putting Sense on every iteration of Android, especially if major parts of the underlying operating system have changed. So yes, HTC has to pick and choose which builds of Android to use so that results in delays, but at least they picked a build that is pretty up to date, remember when we all thought the update would be for 1.6 and after all this time it turns out that what we've actually been waiting on is 2.1 and like toku stated its not like there are any other phones on the market running 2.1 save the N1
and if you don't mind my asking, what trending ways are you referring to? Regular OTA updates only exist on two platforms and the third update system that isn't OTA, iPhone, that had always received updates fell victim to Apple's accounting rules and it is not receiving updates anymore unless you pay, and even then updates for Android are slowing, and updates for WebOS have slowed dramatically, and as I mentioned I don't remember Google or Palm saying every possible update for their operating system would be made available for all devices running that operating system, just as the G1 and myTouch have been left behind I'm sure its only a matter of time before the Pre and Pixi are left behind