Comments on: HTC to return to Hero Device strategy for 2012 http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 17 May 2012 17:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jaxzfon http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-180491 jaxzfon Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-180491 Who let this guy out of the walled garden?

]]> By: Warrio W http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176358 Warrio W Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176358 If they don’t change their strategy, they’ll die for ever.
They are too late to publish new versions of android, slower hardware compared to Samsung. Old and unfashioned design

]]> By: Warrio W http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176359 Warrio W Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176359 If they don’t change their strategy, they’ll die for ever.
They are too late to publish new versions of android, slower hardware compared to Samsung. Old and unfashioned design

]]> By: Jsteinmetz1313 http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176335 Jsteinmetz1313 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176335 Fewer not 1 choice and better quality… I’ve been with HTC for about 6 years “preandroid” and this makes me happy

]]> By: Jsteinmetz1313 http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176336 Jsteinmetz1313 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176336 Fewer not 1 choice and better quality… I’ve been with HTC for about 6 years “preandroid” and this makes me happy

]]> By: C http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176334 C Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176334 MY TELEPHONE CHOICE IS SUPERIOR TO YOUR TELEPHONE CHOICE, MEANING I AM THE MORE IMPRESSIVE INDIVIDUAL.

]]> By: Troll http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176324 Troll Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176324 Google has to MANDATE that stock Android be retained and user accessible above and beyond any desired edits by OEMs.  This continues to be the problem.  HTC, Samsung, and other OEMS are concerned with differentiation, as they should, but users who hope for an OEM that supports the Android as soon as Google releases the source code also may not realize that it’s the CARRIERS that hold back updates.  Carriers are KNOWN to sit on updates for months in attempts to sell more, newer releases instead of updating slightly older Android devices, hoping the impatient will purchase new devices at retail.  I bit on that sour grape one time and will never do so again.  From now own, I will only buy a device that is the result of a vertically integrated process, meaning that the OS of the phone is supported simultaneously across all devices.  Right now, the only option is iOS, even though BlackBerry is also vertically integrated, it does not update devices at the same time when new features are programmed.  BlackBerry has its own internal Windows Mobile thing going on and needs to scale itself to focus the hardware around the OS instead of how OEMs have done for Android and how they used to do for Windows Mobile.  Windows Phone, while quite consistent due to stricter hardware guidelines regardless of OEM, still needs Microsoft to take it 100% in house with a dedicated “hero” device or two that remain updated.

]]> By: Troll http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176325 Troll Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176325 Google has to MANDATE that stock Android be retained and user accessible above and beyond any desired edits by OEMs.  This continues to be the problem.  HTC, Samsung, and other OEMS are concerned with differentiation, as they should, but users who hope for an OEM that supports the Android as soon as Google releases the source code also may not realize that it’s the CARRIERS that hold back updates.  Carriers are KNOWN to sit on updates for months in attempts to sell more, newer releases instead of updating slightly older Android devices, hoping the impatient will purchase new devices at retail.  I bit on that sour grape one time and will never do so again.  From now own, I will only buy a device that is the result of a vertically integrated process, meaning that the OS of the phone is supported simultaneously across all devices.  Right now, the only option is iOS, even though BlackBerry is also vertically integrated, it does not update devices at the same time when new features are programmed.  BlackBerry has its own internal Windows Mobile thing going on and needs to scale itself to focus the hardware around the OS instead of how OEMs have done for Android and how they used to do for Windows Mobile.  Windows Phone, while quite consistent due to stricter hardware guidelines regardless of OEM, still needs Microsoft to take it 100% in house with a dedicated “hero” device or two that remain updated.

]]> By: Troll http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176320 Troll Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176320 Google has to MANDATE that stock Android be retained and user accessible above and beyond any desired edits by OEMs.  This continues to be the problem.  HTC, Samsung, and other OEMS are concerned with differentiation, as they should, but users who hope for an OEM that supports the Android as soon as Google releases the source code also may not realize that it’s the CARRIERS that hold back updates.  Carriers are KNOWN to sit on updates for months in attempts to sell more, newer releases instead of updating slightly older Android devices, hoping the impatient will purchase new devices at retail.  I bit on that sour grape one time and will never do so again.  From now own, I will only buy a device that is the result of a vertically integrated process, meaning that the OS of the phone is supported simultaneously across all devices.  Right now, the only option is iOS, even though BlackBerry is also vertically integrated, it does not update devices at the same time when new features are programmed.  BlackBerry has its own internal Windows Mobile thing going on and needs to scale itself to focus the hardware around the OS instead of how OEMs have done for Android and how they used to do for Windows Mobile.  Windows Phone, while quite consistent due to stricter hardware guidelines regardless of OEM, still needs Microsoft to take it 100% in house with a dedicated “hero” device or two that remain updated.

]]> By: Troll http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176321 Troll Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176321 Google has to MANDATE that stock Android be retained and user accessible above and beyond any desired edits by OEMs.  This continues to be the problem.  HTC, Samsung, and other OEMS are concerned with differentiation, as they should, but users who hope for an OEM that supports the Android as soon as Google releases the source code also may not realize that it’s the CARRIERS that hold back updates.  Carriers are KNOWN to sit on updates for months in attempts to sell more, newer releases instead of updating slightly older Android devices, hoping the impatient will purchase new devices at retail.  I bit on that sour grape one time and will never do so again.  From now own, I will only buy a device that is the result of a vertically integrated process, meaning that the OS of the phone is supported simultaneously across all devices.  Right now, the only option is iOS, even though BlackBerry is also vertically integrated, it does not update devices at the same time when new features are programmed.  BlackBerry has its own internal Windows Mobile thing going on and needs to scale itself to focus the hardware around the OS instead of how OEMs have done for Android and how they used to do for Windows Mobile.  Windows Phone, while quite consistent due to stricter hardware guidelines regardless of OEM, still needs Microsoft to take it 100% in house with a dedicated “hero” device or two that remain updated.

]]> By: ThunderBone http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176312 ThunderBone Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:44:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176312 Haha … So the way forward in Android camp is to…….drum roll…. Reduce choice!

Jeez I never thought I would see this realization dawning on Droidbois and their masters. And they said less choice is meant only for morons and iFans. Look who is cribbing with too much choice!

Motorola is going to pursue the same strategy and soon everyone else in Android camp will too… Lol . Well to be fair the writing on the wall was clear – less devices means less development and supply chain costs, more profits and less fragmentation.

This is what Apple realized long time back… as back as in 1997 when SJ came back to Apple and slashed the product lines and simplified them in an almost Zen fashion. As again where Apple goes Droidbois and their masters go. They keep on Aping Apple. They will never learn new things on their own. The biggest iLemmings are Droidbois and their masters. They dont even know it yet.

]]> By: ThunderBone http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176313 ThunderBone Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:44:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176313 Haha … So the way forward in Android camp is to…….drum roll…. Reduce choice!

Jeez I never thought I would see this realization dawning on Droidbois and their masters. And they said less choice is meant only for morons and iFans. Look who is cribbing with too much choice!

Motorola is going to pursue the same strategy and soon everyone else in Android camp will too… Lol . Well to be fair the writing on the wall was clear – less devices means less development and supply chain costs, more profits and less fragmentation.

This is what Apple realized long time back… as back as in 1997 when SJ came back to Apple and slashed the product lines and simplified them in an almost Zen fashion. As again where Apple goes Droidbois and their masters go. They keep on Aping Apple. They will never learn new things on their own. The biggest iLemmings are Droidbois and their masters. They dont even know it yet.

]]> By: Boar http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176296 Boar Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176296 That’s makes only a half of a boar :)

]]> By: Troll http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176285 Troll Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176285 Let’s get some LTE Windows Phones on Verizon already (with global GSM)! 

]]> By: MarkintheDark http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176284 MarkintheDark Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:03:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176284 As long as they’re all based on ICS. Another wonderful step would be to make Sense UI optional.

]]> By: L Scott http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176272 L Scott Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176272 Great step in the right direction –

]]> By: L Scott http://www.slashgear.com/htc-to-return-to-hero-device-strategy-for-2012-26210886/#comment-176273 L Scott Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210886#comment-176273 Great step in the right direction –

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