[dfitzpatrick]

None of that stuff, actually. Sprint needs to keep coming up with cool phones-- its why I do still defend them to my friends who are all on Verizon.

In my title I mention Sprint because they are all I know-- and I've come to realize that all carriers are not updating their phones. My premise is that by not adopting to an update model where they design phones that can be easily updated, they are effectively going to split the Android community.

The biggest advantage IPhone has is its a closed system to develop. One device owns all. On Android, there are multiple devices running (as of now) multiple versions. You can't effectively target a wide range of versions like that and keep the community growing larger and stronger.

I firmly believe that going down the road, carriers need to adapt phones that are easily upgradable or if not, at least optional without the need of external source compliling or unauthorized rooting. The only limiting factor when it comes to Android versions should be the hardware.

This time i hope I should have stopped at the 2nd paragraph. Progress!