"Predictions" that need to stop in 2012 - Part 2: Google, Android & "fragmentation"
0. phoneArena posted on 11 Jan 2012, 12:47
Now is the time for "predictions" on what the coming year will have for us, but we're not really the clairvoyant types, so we'd rather just mention the things we all know will happen and talk about why we don't need to hear any more about it...
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1. ilia1986 posted on 11 Jan 2012, 13:10 16 1
An excellent article, Michael. Truly well spoken. You have not left a stone unturned - or should I say - untouched.
I would also like to add that people who have an Android device - and want Google to be more like Apple - are akin to those who come to a premium restaurant, only to be dissapointed that it doesn't serve McRoyal with fries.
That said - the very idea of people *desiring* that their freedom regarding mobile operating system control and customization - be taken away, or limited in one way or another - is quite a disturbing phenomenon, really.
7. MichaelHeller posted on 11 Jan 2012, 13:55 13 0
It just goes to show that customers often don't know what they really want.
Thanks for the comment!
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51. MichaelHeller posted on 13 Jan 2012, 16:27 2 0
Euro version of the Quarter Pounder. Haven't you ever seen Pulp Fiction?
52. atheisticemetic posted on 14 Jan 2012, 08:12 0 0
say what again?! i dare ya!
2. audiblenarcotic posted on 11 Jan 2012, 13:35 9 0
Michael,
Your articles are always very well written, informative, and usually from a very neutral standpoint. That being said, it's always a pleasure to read them and get your perspective on things happening in the industry. Keep up the great work.
A.I.
3. ayephoner posted on 11 Jan 2012, 13:37 4 0
I found a few details that I wanted to nitpick, but won't. All in all, I completely agree with what you've written.
I missed pt1, which I assume is on iOS. You might want to link it. Again, great job!!
9. MichaelHeller posted on 11 Jan 2012, 13:56 2 0
Added the link, sorry about that. Thanks for pointing it out though!
4. Arpad posted on 11 Jan 2012, 13:38 2 0
Nice read! I am anticipating the (doom of) BlackBerry part.
Apple still have the momentum from 4s. Wonder how long it will keep it in 2012?
I wonder can the current Android OS have more then 1Gb memory? I have not seen any phone or tablet having more. Or it can but there is no need for it atm?
10. MichaelHeller posted on 11 Jan 2012, 13:57 5 0
I haven't heard about any limitation as far as the amount of RAM Android can handle, but there have been rumors of devices with 1.5 or 2 Gb of RAM on the way this year.
33. ningaman999 posted on 11 Jan 2012, 19:36 1 0
Not only that but there is a problem that sometimes, usually Samsung it shows 833 Mb Ram compared to 1 Gb or 323 compared 1/2 Gb. Is there any explanation for this? Because the bigger the number, the more it could lose.
44. MichaelHeller posted on 12 Jan 2012, 08:36 0 0
As far as I know, there's no way to check how much RAM you have on your device, at least not without an app from the Market. Are you sure you're not looking at the Internal storage? That would explain the disparity, because storage drives always are listed at larger than the actual usable space.
46. ningaman999 posted on 12 Jan 2012, 19:25 0 0
For Samsung devices you hold down the home key to open the task manager, and in the top you can click in the Ram category and it tells you how much you are using/how much you have. For my Samsung Captivate it says x/329 Mb, for the Galaxy S II I see in videos x/ 833 Mb.
48. MichaelHeller posted on 12 Jan 2012, 22:09 1 0
Good point. I have looked at that in the running apps menu tons of times, I can't believe I never really paid attention. I'm not sure how that works, because you're right, my Galaxy Nexus claims I have 695MB of RAM (when adding the used and free), when it should add up to 1Gb.
50. thephoneguy92 posted on 13 Jan 2012, 14:12 0 0
The phones actually do have 1Gb of RAM like they say, but when you factor in the needed apps/bloatware you get down to the actual RAM you have available, and that's where the discrepancy comes in
54. corrifa posted on 23 Mar 2012, 22:57 0 0
The other RAM that isn't shown from the 1gb is reserved for the OS so it wont crash itself or run out of memory for itself.
14. remixfa posted on 11 Jan 2012, 14:09 5 0
there is no limitation. its lack of a need. memory isnt free. If it making it 1.5gb of memory doesnt really affect performance more than 1gb of memory does, then why spend the cost? Michael is right though, there are rumors (aka SGS3) of phones coming with 1.5gigs and higher this year... but they also acompany the quad core chips.
5. DROIDX0430 posted on 11 Jan 2012, 13:46 4 1
Wow! I am speechless. Well spoken article!!! Best article I've read on PA!!! and like I said before in a posting about Nokia and WP7....Android needs to polish the UI.....make sure the apps works across all versions of Android...froyo, gingerbread and icecream...not catching up...I remember when I first got the Thunderbolt..My Verizon app would not even work, NFL App would not even work...Google Talk doesn't work on anything less than Gingerbread 2.3.4...Google + bugs everywhere--just got fixed on the Flagship Nexus phone--how could that phone even be released as a pure Google phone and not even have a Google app properly working on it....the Verizon branding on the back--not Nexus material----and to date the most EXPENSIVE Google phone ever released.....
