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Google Releases Jelly Bean Updates For the Nexus S

Posted by timothy on from the imperfectly-fragmented dept.

dell623 writes "Google has begun updating the Google Nexus S, which was released in December 2010 to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The update comes with all the new features of JB, including Google Now. The update makes the almost two year old phone smooth and in many ways superior to newer, more expensive Android devices that are unlikely to even be updated to Android 4.0. The update is impressive, but also exposes the problems of Android fragmentation and the failure of other Android device manufacturers to develop better software than Google, or issue timely updates."

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  1. Re:For the last F*CKING time... by BanHammor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Manufacturers are assholes. Buy from someone who is definitely not.

  2. Re:For the last F*CKING time... by rtaylor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How is offering a software update with backward compatible APIs to an 18 month old phone increasing fragmentation?

    The issue is that not enough manufacturers offer the upgrades.

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    Rod Taylor
  3. Screwed over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    also exposes the problems of Android fragmentation and the failure of other Android device manufacturers to develop better software than Google, or issue timely updates

    What a bunch of crap. The problem is that "other Android device manufactures" don't roll out the same software as Google to their customers. Why? Because of what some GM head honcho started in the 1920: planned obsolence. They want you to buy a new handset instead of updating the old one. Simple as that: consumer being screwed over once the money has left the wallet.

  4. Re:For the last F*CKING time... by greg1104 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, the fact that iPhone developers have to worry about whether their app is running on an older or a "retina display" iPhone is fragmentation.

    Windows developers needing to test applications in Windows XP, Vista, and 7 is fragmentation. Ditto for worrying about 32 vs 64. bit variations.

    Thanks for the examples of other fragmentation issues in computing. Wait, were those supposed to disprove this is the right word to use here? That's a pretty terrible fail then. Fragmentation is a word we're using now for when application developers have extensive QA issues around multiple, not quite compatible software platforms on a single hardware platform. It's appropriate here, and for the other examples you give too.