Considering the fact that the number one selling sony ericsson smartphone in Africa is the xperia mini A device with android 1.6, no, users don't really care. Still it just goes to show you, the evils of forking The build then baking in proprietary mods and guis. I wish people could learn from the Linux community!!
It is never good to fork an open source project unless you are ready and willing to "commit early, and commit often" (as we say in the software development community). This is why I moved from stock android to MIUI. Every Friday we get an update of the fixing the bugs noticed during the week. MIUI is a health vibrant community that already has ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) in the next build. All this while windows has not yet got its pants on Let alone gotten out of bed!! I think when you buy an android device, first check its specs and ensure it is easily flashable. Also learn to flash roms cause trust me, when you get the kindle fire, the way forward is to flash it with cyanogen and use it as an all-purpose tablet. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mwirima Byaruhanga Sent: 09 December 2011 09:54 To: Uganda Linux User Group Subject: Re: [LUG] Android users get screwed? Hari Kurup wrote thus on 12/9/11 10:29 AM: > /*Keeping a product up to date is tough, but is one sure way to market > success.*/ > > In his October 26 post on _The Understatement_ > <http://theunderstatement.com/>, Michael Degusta shows that many > Android phones, even some actively for sale today, generally don't > have an upgrade path to the latest version of the OS. > Do most of the android device users care? (I do, but perhaps many I know of, who make more than 90% of android customer case, do not). thx eb _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
