Could it be any worse for Android devices not manufactured (designed or OEMd) by Google?
Sony Ericcson says here "We believe the features included in the Android 2.1 phone are on par with, and in many cases better than, a vanilla installation of 2.2 #X10"
Which means, an Xperia owner is in Sony Ericcson's walled garden now!
SE decides which updates are good, not just which apps (which may run only on 2.2 or later).
So the customer having an OS that Google claims to be "open" is not actually as open as Google wants everyone to think (unless Google and Fandroids are thinking of two completely separate openings!)
I dont like the iOS walled garden for certain restrictions it has on it, but love it for its simplicity, security, and the ease with which an iOS device can be updated to the latest firmware (alright, excepting the -3 generation devices, which have got there fair share of updates). Wish Android audience wasnt so fragmented! :/
Sony Ericcson says here "We believe the features included in the Android 2.1 phone are on par with, and in many cases better than, a vanilla installation of 2.2 #X10"
Which means, an Xperia owner is in Sony Ericcson's walled garden now!
SE decides which updates are good, not just which apps (which may run only on 2.2 or later).
So the customer having an OS that Google claims to be "open" is not actually as open as Google wants everyone to think (unless Google and Fandroids are thinking of two completely separate openings!)
I dont like the iOS walled garden for certain restrictions it has on it, but love it for its simplicity, security, and the ease with which an iOS device can be updated to the latest firmware (alright, excepting the -3 generation devices, which have got there fair share of updates). Wish Android audience wasnt so fragmented! :/
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