> And look at the SMS bugs in Android - it seems it needs an OS update > to fix (http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/22/nexus-one-gets-tiny-update- > to-android-2-2-2-probably-fixes-sms,http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/21/nexus-s-ota-2-3-2-update-rolling-o...).
The most persuasive way to update a stock/default application, is to push an OTA - seems reasonable, no? > Apart from that bugs like this should have never made it through > Google / vendor / carrier QA, what do you do with an Android handset > now that doesn't get firmware upgrades anymore? Stop texting? Nothing that dramatic. Since on Android, most everything is an SPI coupled up om intents, one just has to install and use another application i.e. Handsent SMS. Since the bugs are related to stock, HTC Desire and all the other handsets shipping with a carrier/handset branded messaging app, is not affected. > Or browsers - HTML 5 is complex, evolving spec, so you can probably > ship quarterly fixes / additions at least (remember the PDF exploit in > iOS that allowed you to jailbreak the device). It seems that recently > the Android browser hasn't got much attention > (http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/android-2-3-gingerbread-the-browser) but I'm > sure Google will beef it up in Honeycomb (I assume this will be a > universal release). Well I don't believe the browser had much focus in the Gingerbread release, but it did provide incognito mode, WebM playback and a great deal more settings. But the thing about Android is that it's very evolutionary, unlike Apple which aims to deliver a very carefully crafted message about how "magic" each release is. > So I think consumers may not care to much about upgrades, but they > should. It's a balance isn't it? I receive daily OS updates for both my desktop (Ubuntu) as well as my phone (Android) - but I am certain this would be a great nucience to most others. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
