No, its a manufacturer/carrier issue. Some manufacturers who skin their phones with different interfaces, so they don't approve the upgrade until the skin is ready. That's why my HTC is on 1.6 - the HTC sense skin is not rready for Android 2.1 (but will be next week)
iphone
THANK GOD. i was losing sleep over this!
vansmack wrote:
So why is Opera making such a fuss about this before it has even submitted to Apple for approval?
The answer is simple. To build fan support ahead of the approval process so Apple has no choice but to approve it. So long Safari….
Haha.
http://my.opera.com/community/countup/
2 years?!?!
"AT&T's CTO John Donovan claimed that Verizon was jumping the gun with its first-on-the-scene LTE rollout, suggesting initial devices are "going to drain the battery like crazy, and [they're] going to be a fat brick," noting that "2012 will be the time when you'll have decent handsets."
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/atandt-says-verizons-first-lte-phone-is-going-to-be-a-fat-brick/
I'll take my WiMax handset from Sprint this summer thank you very much.
"AT&T's CTO John Donovan claimed that Verizon was jumping the gun with its first-on-the-scene LTE rollout, suggesting initial devices are "going to drain the battery like crazy, and [they're] going to be a fat brick," noting that "2012 will be the time when you'll have decent handsets."
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/atandt-says-verizons-first-lte-phone-is-going-to-be-a-fat-brick/
I'll take my WiMax handset from Sprint this summer thank you very much.
vansmack wrote:
I'll take my WiMax handset from Sprint this summer thank you very much.
HTC EVO 4G from Sprint:
Android 2.1 with HTC Sense and WiMax. Available this summer.
By the way, built in HotSpot for connecting up to 8 laptops/tablets/devices to use WiMax.
Wow. They really packed everything in there.
vansmack wrote:
HTC EVO 4G from Sprint:
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By the way, built in HotSpot for connecting up to 8 laptops/tablets/devices to use WiMax.
well hello, my next phone!
Did I mention the front camera for video conferencing and the 8MP rear camera for 720p video recording?
too bad its on sprint. might have been my next phone
i'm sure the wimax data plans will be insanely expensive
Got wrote:
i'm sure the wimax data plans will be insanely expensive
They haven't been thus far. Sprint offered to upgrade my data card to 4G for free if I renewed my plan for 2 more years. It would have been the same price for 4G as it was for 3G, but I told them that I would not renew until 4G was available in my area.
A new customer can get the same deal ($59 a month for unlimited data, $99 for the 4G HotSpot, but just a 4G card is free).
wait- 4G = wimax?
sweetcell wrote:
wait- 4G = wimax?
[shakesheadindisappointment]Yes.[/shakesheadindisappointment]
Although for Verizon, at&t and T-Mobile it will be LTE.
Got wrote:
i'm sure the wimax data plans will be insanely expensive
Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint this morning:
9:33AM "3G's kind of getting exhausted. I talk to my network guys, and it's like Scottie in the engine room… 'she's going as fast as she can!'
9:34AM With 4G, "because we can produce a gigabyte cheaper, we can offer more to the customer.""
9:35AM "It's like standard def versus high def, but with that analogy, you paid more for the better service. With 4G, we're giving you more for free."
Of course, by free he means no additional cost to your plan, not that it will actually be free.
Venerable wrote:
New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android
Google has a new plan for this as they are frustrated with manufacturers and carriers delaying upgrades. Starting with Froyo and Gingerbread (the next two updates), Google will decouple the Core apps from the Core OS. That means that even if your carrier doesn't have the Core OS ready to go, a user can still upgrade Core apps for new functionailty through the Market (supposedly, this is supposed to work for core components too, like input methods).
Take that HTC, Motorola, Sprint, Verizon, Samsung……
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/exclusive-android-froyo-to-take-a-serious-shot-at-stemming-plat/
Question for you Smackie: Will the next generation data networks in the works for Verizon and Sprint allow mobile devices to use voice and data networks simultaneously? Up to now, this is one area where GSM has them clearly beaten.
chaz wrote:
Question for you Smackie: Will the next generation data networks in the works for Verizon and Sprint allow mobile devices to use voice and data networks simultaneously? Up to now, this is one area where GSM has them clearly beaten.
Sprint hasn't officially announced it yet, but Dan Hesse hinted at it at CTIA with the EVO 4G. HTC also tweeted this:
@HTC EVO simultaneous voice+data: Voice+Wi-fi=Yes, Voice+3G=No, Voice+4G=Still TBD, still being tested.
As for Verizon, they're switching to LTE so there's a couple of problems for them. The reason why it works for GSM is because it's the same frequency for voice and data. CDMA is setup differently, and even more importantly for both at&t and Verizon - LTE cannot successfully carry voice yet. This might be why LTE is not out yet and could be a future problem for at&t's current marketing campaign.
I can see the Sprint ads already: Oh you didn't see that in High Def, probably on somebody old network.
Finally saw the HD2 (the same form factor as the EVO 4G) at a T-Mobile store last week. It's a beast of a phone and while visually brilliant, I fear it might be too big for a user who doesn't carry around a purse. Check it out for yourselves and let me know what you think.
Of course "people don't multi-task" really meant "we won't multi-task until we have the technology ready to do so" but this is what I found as a more funny "Jobsism":
Q: How do you close applications when multitasking?
A: (Scott Forstall) You don't have to. The user just uses things and doesn't ever have to worry about it.
A: (Steve Jobs) It's like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it. In multitasking, if you see a task manager… they blew it. Users shouldn't ever have to think about it.
WinMo 6.5 did away with the task manager and Android has never had it. But do you want to know what type of apps people are most downloading for these phones? Task Managers. Here's the thing - no matter how much you think you know about how a user should use their phone, each user will be different, and many will want control over their own phone. If it's in the SDK for the iPhone 4.0, people will download task managers like crazy because, Steve, people just like to have control over their resources.
As for the stylus, I tend to agree except in cases of folks who use a tablet for note taking (and drafting) and not an internet device. I can't write nearly as quickly or as accurately on a touch device with my finger. So if the stylus is used for writing, I support it. For controlling basic functions, completely not necessary, and I think most device manufacturers and software makers get that.
Q: How do you close applications when multitasking?
A: (Scott Forstall) You don't have to. The user just uses things and doesn't ever have to worry about it.
A: (Steve Jobs) It's like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it. In multitasking, if you see a task manager… they blew it. Users shouldn't ever have to think about it.
WinMo 6.5 did away with the task manager and Android has never had it. But do you want to know what type of apps people are most downloading for these phones? Task Managers. Here's the thing - no matter how much you think you know about how a user should use their phone, each user will be different, and many will want control over their own phone. If it's in the SDK for the iPhone 4.0, people will download task managers like crazy because, Steve, people just like to have control over their resources.
As for the stylus, I tend to agree except in cases of folks who use a tablet for note taking (and drafting) and not an internet device. I can't write nearly as quickly or as accurately on a touch device with my finger. So if the stylus is used for writing, I support it. For controlling basic functions, completely not necessary, and I think most device manufacturers and software makers get that.
In this video, at about 2:30, it might be showing how to close backgrounded apps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvswtwj9Mk&feature=player_embedded#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvswtwj9Mk&feature=player_embedded#