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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 23:17 UTC (Fri) by jhoblitt (subscriber, #77733)
Parent article: Google plans to ease the Android update problem (The H)

I'm really hoping that with the motorola mobility acquisition Google will be able to completely cut the carriers out of the equation for updates (just for motorola devices). Hopefully, that will apply market pressure on the carriers and competitive handset makers to "update or die".

(I'm also hoping the motoblur crap will die a silent death too...)


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Google plans to ease the Android update problem (The H)

Posted Jul 2, 2012 14:01 UTC (Mon) by markhb (guest, #1003) [Link]

I just upgraded my Motorola CLIQ to an HTC One S, and I find that I genuinely miss Motoblur. Did it have some bugs, particularly in the early versions that I had? Yes. But I have yet to find anything in the Play Store that integrates all my messages (email, text, Twitter and Facebook PMs) into one widget like Blur did.

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