Android users- dont get your hopes up
http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...324_269784.htm
Basically google is not allowing developers and manufacturers access to Honeycomb for the foreseeable future. Not a bad thing for mobile users but certainly is an issue for developers and small makers. |
HTC, Samsung Electronics, Motorola Mobility Holdings, and other big manufacturers already have access to Honeycomb. Its a bit like saying android will only be available for phones made by HTC, Motorola and Samsung that would cover about 99% of the new phone market so can not see any problem with it. |
Aside from the big manufacturers, it is the developers that will feel the pinch the most. Open source ? Yes as long as you dont mind the open source being...ahem closed or invite only :cuckoo:
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
(Post 9961945)
Aside from the big manufacturers, it is the developers that will feel the pinch the most.
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Originally Posted by MDS_WRX
(Post 9962001)
Does that mean that for those systems that are closed source that they feel the pinch each time a new version of their OS is released?
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
(Post 9962086)
That makes no sense ?
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Dev Honeycomb rom on a T-Mobile G1 (ie a facking old phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974087 I cant see the issue to be honest, the modding community pretty much does what they want anyway. The big manufacturers usually do a much crappier job at releasing roms IMHO. I have been running 2.3.3 on my old Hero now for AAAAAGESSSSSSSS, somebody will no dount release a honeycomb rom soon :lol1: |
This is just going to stop Honeycomb making its way on to tablets and phones before Google are ready to support it. A good thing.
It won't stop developers writing applications to be hosted on Honeycomb, that is a different thing altogether. |
Good move Google, think how many android phones/tablets are in the bin because the owner was told Android was better than iOS.
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It's only closed for a while. Will make no difference.
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So we are all agreed then it can only be a good thing, well done Google :thumb:
:notworthy Andy Rubin :notworthy |
Google have a problem with Android. It is great (regardless of what some detractors say) but will only continue to be so if it is great on all platforms.
The Chinese and other cheap tablets and phones that run Android do so incorrectly in that someone has hacked the source to get it to work rather than create abstract layer interfaces. It means you can't upgrade to a later versioon and you introduce bugs. So Google need to protect their brand and making the OS free to developers but stricter licences to Companies is probably the way to go. |
They're adopting the Apple and Microsoft model. Data is expensive enough without having to pay for illicit use on cracked Android phones. Hurry up Nokia with your Windows phone, half the low grade Android users will flock back to trusty old Nokia.
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
(Post 9963077)
So we are all agreed then it can only be a good thing, well done Google :thumb:
:notworthy Andy Rubin :notworthy |
Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
(Post 9963077)
So we are all agreed then it can only be a good thing, well done Google :thumb:
:notworthy Andy Rubin :notworthy Playtime is over in Android Land. Over the last couple of months Google (GOOG) has reached out to the major carriers and device makers backing its mobile operating system with a message: There will be no more willy-nilly tweaks to the software. No more partnerships formed outside of Google's purview. From now on, companies hoping to receive early access to Google's most up-to-date software will need approval of their plans. And they will seek that approval from Andy Rubin, the head of Google's Android group. |
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