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Google plans to ease the Android update problem (The H)Google plans to ease the Android update problem (The H)Posted Jun 29, 2012 20:23 UTC (Fri) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784)Parent article: Google plans to ease the Android update problem (The H)
This is presumably the carrot, whereas Google's recent hardware announcements are presumably the corresponding stick: if vendors can't be bothered to keep pace with Android releases then Google will show them how it's done.
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Google plans to ease the Android update problem (The H) Posted Jun 30, 2012 2:05 UTC (Sat) by rich0 (guest, #55509) [Link]
What new hardware announcements? As far as I can tell Google hasn't announced any new phones - they have a total of one phone that they're still selling, it is almost a year old now, and it isn't subsidized (at least not on my carrier). It is also oversized and lacks a keyboard.
Sure, they just announced a tablet and a set-top box, but it isn't like they have a variety of hardware options.
I was pleasantly surprised to see them announce an update for the Nexus S - I've never seen them actually support their phones more than about a year after release. Granted, they were still selling those less than a year ago. The Nexus one was still being sold less than two years ago and didn't even get the last release. Apple usually releases iPhone updates for upwards of 3 years.
I couldn't see myself ever buying anything but Android, but their lack of updates really annoy me. The huge hardware diversity has made even the open source firmwares pretty limited - Cyanogen owns my phone and yet hasn't released CM9 for it.
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