On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:20 PM, glen e. p. ropella <g...@tempusdictum.com>wrote:
> Owen Densmore wrote at 02/16/2013 09:34 AM: > <snip> > I've been quite happy with my Google Nexus, made by Samsung. And I was > previously satsified, approaching, though not achieving happiness with > my Motorola Droid 2 Global. I used Verizon stock, Liberty ROM, and > Cyanogenmod on my D2G. I've used Google stock, Cyanogenmod and AOKP on > my Gnex. > Can you share the details of upgrading android without help from Google? .. could most customers do this? Now to be fair, as Bruce sez: I don' need no stinking updates! But I find that isn't true for myself, and simply observing the android market, most folks lust after the next major release. And I could be wrong. When I bought my last phone, I asked around about, for example, Samsung and how well they handle updates. IIRC the answer was "what updates"? I.e. there were none. I could be completely wrong or simply have asked the wrong folks. But I do recall being told that Cyanogenmod is your friend. > In the process of all this, I've learned quite a bit about linux and > Java, and some tiny bits about odd things like phone radios, wifi, GUI > real estate, lcd and oled displays, etc. When we were developing our > iPhone app, I learned a tiny bit about the way apple manages/exposes its > development APIs ... and a WHOLE LOT about the fascist control they > wanted to establish/preserve over the iphone market. [grin] > That's been my observation: Apple == draconian, Google == Open but amateur. I think I'd prefer developing for android, but then we've mainly followed "web app" and Javascript/HTML5/CSS .. and recently an attempt at "responsive design" which manages different screens and devices, or at least attempts to. > So, I can certainly see why someone would want to buy either the iPhone > or an android phone. You can learn from either device. > Doug's learning a lot .. mainly how to swear! Perhaps shortly when I get my next new GSM phone, I'll stop being timid and just jump into android. But only if I can upgrade easily. Wish the battery life were a tad better. And I do have an app or two that I'm addicted to that is not available on android .. one of which the maker said "never!". -- Owen
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