Android Market Updated For Older Android Phones
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msteven3 said:
What makes you think it's Google locking down these phones? The phone manufacturers and carriers are the ones doing it. Android is licensed in such a way that those who choose to use it have lots of leeway in how they deploy it. If they choose to lock it down, they can do that.
what makes me think that is its still google who wants the code to stay the same
flip mode said:
what makes me think that is its still google who wants the code to stay the same
If that's the case, then why isn't my Captivate locked in this way? And why does the Backflip have Yahoo as its default search engine, while the Fascinate has Bing?
Google gave the phone makers and carriers lots of discretion in how they deploy Android.
Everything else is just the N1 with the manufacturer and carriers crap added to it.
Nonetheless, it's still all in the spirit of Android: an open platform that allows the manufacturers and carriers to do whatever they want with it, and sometimes the consumers too.
It's not 'open' - it's not GPL, it's not some community-driven software project. We're not seeing manufacturers pool their resources to continually better the Android experience (hell, they're not even bettering the experience) nor will we ever.
It's not 'better' - the development library is still a sloppy mess, app quality is still dismal, and all of the little niceties that make iOS and WebOS delightful are not accounted for. They can't even get Skype working on the majority of handsets yet.
All Android is it gives carriers like Verizon, T-Mo, and S...
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