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Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment

Posted by timothy on from the %&$%#-att-and-their-refusal-to-do-otr-updates dept.

MBCook writes "After seeing the announcement that Nexus One users won't get ICS, Michael Degusta made a chart to show how current the OS version on Android phones was over time... and the results are not encouraging."

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  1. Well imagine that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No wireless, out of date OS, less space than a Nomad. Lame.

    Android is a fucking mess. Ridiculous nonsensical names. I mean, Froyo. Honeycomb? Really? Who came up with this shit?

    How about version numbers so I know that this version is more or less recent than that version. Is that really asking so much?

    And then on top of that the user or potential buyer needs to wade through all of the version restrictions on the various handsets. Oh no, you can't use Nutcracker on the Droid Extreme Elvis, that phone will only run Chicken Sandwich. To run Nutcracker you need the Droid Incredible.

    And they wonder why the iPhone still sells by the millions

  2. Re:Buy Apple by Richard_at_work · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not sure why, but when I switched to Android in Feb of this year I found that Android versions of apps I already used on my iPhone 3G were uglier and buggier than their IOS cousins - Flixster is a prime example. I rapidly found myself not bothering with apps on the HTC.

    This month, I got an iPhone 4S and have already welcomed apps back.

    I just didn't find the Android Market Place a great sell.