Comments on: LG User Interface change keeps Android interesting

By: BlueLetter

BlueLetter — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:02:00 +0000

Sounds like an exaggeration to me, android is alive and well. And even among stock devices there are gaps in updates. Need I even mention the Nexus S? And some stock devices don’t even have that yet, like the G2x. Don’t even get me started on tablets.

The real culprits are carriers as far as I can tell. The Sensation has ICS seemingly everywhere but the US all while running the same software as the Vivid/Velocity which now has it even in the US. Why would HTC wanna stagger the ICS release not only across devices which are almost identical internally, but across markets? It has to be the carriers, or maybe even the cellular hardware as Motorola is saying, not the skins or OEMs. Unless I’m missing something major.

By: Ole_Rikard

Ole_Rikard — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:57:00 +0000

The carriers chose the phones and give you a credit when you are buying them. In my opinion this not helping the customers in the long run as it limits choice and costs more over the contract periode. The carriers should concentrate on their network and services and leave the phone manufacturers to produce and market phones,

By: pick-a-nick

pick-a-nick — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:15:00 +0000

Without the carriers buying into the OS etc., you will be on the same footing as the rest of the world where phones are usually sold without a plan, and still manage to do well.

By: Benjamin Button

Benjamin Button — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:28:00 +0000

thats why its good to root many developers have updates wayyyyyyyy faster than the carrier and manufacturer

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:33:00 +0000

All true, but without those UI tweaks and carrier BS, carriers wont buy into the OS and we will all be paying full price for devices with no insurance, limited services, and zero carrier support with zero carrier interest in expanding their offerings.

We will be back in the early 2000s… it was a good time, though. There wasnt this modern, rabid “fanboi-ism”. Ahhh MoDaCo…

By: Richard Williams

Richard Williams — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:57:00 +0000

Manufacturer’s hard coded UI’s are what’s destroying Android, not helping it. This (and carrier tweaks) prevent Google from pushing timely updates and security patches.

All they need to do is make a simple UI launcher app like many others in the market. This simplifies things so you don’t have to spend six to twelve months reconfiguring you’re overcomplicated configuration every time Google patches security holes.