Gingerbread is now the dominant Android version
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1. biophone posted on 04 Nov 2011, 10:36 4 0
Gingerbread is now dominant great job android. Too bad ice cream sandewhich is about to come out. Maybe ice cream will be dominant when jellybean comes out lol. Anyway this is good news too bad for those stuck on froyo still. Err this is why if i go back to android im getting a nexus.
5. Penny posted on 04 Nov 2011, 11:40 3 1
Not exactly a point you should be making codymws, that Microsoft is more dedicated to its "tens of people" than Google is to its millions.
7. theindianguy posted on 04 Nov 2011, 12:21 2 0
there were only a few windows phone models relased and almost all of em had the same hardware....as for google, there are hundreds of androids and alot of em being the low end ones which manufacture dont care to update.....
10. Penny posted on 04 Nov 2011, 16:39 0 0
@ theindianguy
That's by design, not by chance. Microsoft set certain hardware standards when they started with WP7 so that they could later support devices efficiently.
Android does not set these types of standards so that it may remain true to its open-source paradigm. This is perfectly fine, but it does have foreseeable repercussions, and the onus ultimately lies on Google's shoulders for making this choice.
11. remixfa posted on 04 Nov 2011, 17:30 1 0
Penny,
That is completely true. But that is the difference between Android, WP7, and iOS. Android is/was the wild wild west. It was availible free to anyone that wanted it. You just had to pay for google apps if you wanted access to the market. Thats why its nearly impossible for android to ever lose top spot in market share. Its free, pliable, and stable (finally).
MS wanted a more apple style control approach and regulates hardware very carefully and doesnt allow any real modding of the OS other than from Nokia so they can push updates to all phones.
The good is, that the phones get updated quickly. The bad is, they have to wait for MS to approve hardware to be able to up the specs at all.
Google is finally starting to take that approach a bit with ICS and its equipment standards.
MS doesnt care any more or less about its users than google does. In fact, with the way google pushes updates 24/7, I'd say google cares more about its OS. Dont confuse google with carriers and manufacturers. They are the ones that slow down and kill updates to phones, not google.
Which way is better is up to the user to decide. But if your looking at the market between Android and WP7, its a pretty clear distinction.
12. Penny posted on 04 Nov 2011, 19:07 0 0
@ remixfa
I understand the different strategies used by Google and Microsoft, and respect both for their decisions. I only made the statements regarding Microsoft's dedication and Google's responsibility in Android updates to make a point to the people who commented above.
The first point was simply that whether you have 10 users or millions, customer support and satisfaction is always important.
The second point was that while it is up to the manufacturers and carriers to get the updates out to their devices (and I am aware this is the case), Google is not faultless in the fragmentation.
Like I said: different strategies. I respect what each has to offer, and each has its own benefits and pitfalls. Microsoft is opening up its strategy just a little (as evidenced by its support of the ChevronWP7 dev. team, a wider variety of hardware options, etc.) and Google is trying to unify its experience a little more (as evidenced by ICS).
8. MorePhonesThanNeeded posted on 04 Nov 2011, 12:35 2 0
More like dedicated to getting money out of your wallet!
6. Penny posted on 04 Nov 2011, 11:48 2 0
Hope Google can streamline the Android update process for its customers moving forward.
9. Azure01 posted on 04 Nov 2011, 15:59 1 0
F*ck samsung and at&t because for two months the weak ass samsung infuse was supposed to get gingerbread...Their still isn't any gingerbread.
13. dorfoz posted on 05 Nov 2011, 04:56 0 0
lol good luck on that. You're better of rolling with iOS, or WP than even get an update. In order for your phone to be even updated it has to go through Android, Samsung, At&t. And your phone is 1 out of the hundreds that's released with Android on it.
You're better off rooting it and risk bricking your phone (if you don't know what you're doing)
Good luck. I hope you get gingerbread before you replace it with a new one.
14. networkdood posted on 05 Nov 2011, 18:02 0 0
Well, FYI - I have been running Gingerbread on my cappy for a few months now, and I am now running 4.0.1 framework on it, thanks to GALNET MIUI.
15. JGuinan007 posted on 05 Nov 2011, 20:59 0 0
I got the inspire and was upgraded to gingerbread back in April and thats with ATT
