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Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Won't Get Android 4.0

Posted by Soulskill on from the won't-fit-on-triangular-tablets-anyway dept.

bonch writes "Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S smartphone, which sold 10 million last year, and the Galaxy Tab tablet won't be receiving the Android 4.0 update, known as 'Ice Cream Sandwich.' Samsung claims the devices lack enough RAM and ROM to run Android 4.0 alongside TouchWiz and other custom 'experience-enhancing' software. Note that the Galaxy S runs the same hardware as the Nexus S, which is already receiving the Android 4.0 update."

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  1. Ok Samsung... by stevenfuzz · · Score: 1, Troll

    When they say "devices lack enough RAM and ROM to run Android 4.0 alongside TouchWiz and other custom 'experience-enhancing' software", what they really mean is "Buy one of our new phones or get nothing". My question is, does Apple have a patent for "Creating expensive hardware which will be replaced within 6 months and will never work right with upgrades"? I see a suit coming on.

  2. Re:That's a big reason why I don't buy Android by stevenfuzz · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apple is the new Microsoft, just another wolf in sheep's clothing: but instead of legions of turd-bombs wearing pocket protectors and IT pagers, they have an army of "hipster" sheep who bleed apple juice koolaid.

  3. Re:That's a big reason why I don't buy Android by PieceOfShitAndroid · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't love my iphone as much as i hate my Android phone. It's not open only semi-open, it's not linux only semi-linux, even though it claims to be both. My HTC Wildfire S is more locked down than my iPhone. With iOS you can leverage source code that's already been written. With Android everything has to be rewritten because of the non-standard libraries and the end product is worse than the original.