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Hi, i'm a Samsung Mobiler, please name me the one tablet that hasn't seen an update, i'm curious as i've got to update the devices of customers who aren't capab

Hi, i'm a Samsung Mobiler, please name me the one tablet that hasn't seen an update, i'm curious as i've got to update the devices of customers who aren't capable to do that themselves on the showfloor and can't remember a single device that hasn't seen atleast one important update. Especially since the 7inch Galaxy Tab, which was the first one, has received an Android 2.3.6 Update a few weeks ago. I know that some phones in the US don't see updates, but that's in part because US Carriers always want their own branded version of the major phones and put themselves between Samsung and the Customers regarding updates.

kls 15y ago
Android 2.3.6 Update a few weeks ago While there have been incremental updates to the major Android releases and my post may have not reflected them, the point I was getting at is that we are on Android 4, Honeycomb (Android 3) has been out for a while and the only effort to move that tablet over to it is via the home-brew market. Honeycomb is the first OS designed for tablets and yet the original 7 has not seen it. There are no technical limitations to the 7 that would preclude it from receiving the much needed Honeycomb update, but it has not seen it. Nor do I believe that it will see it. Further, there was just a big media blow up about the fact that the existing Samsung phone that is very similar to the Google sanctioned phone in specs, will not receive the Ice Cream Sandwich update. I am sorry but for me personally the 7 just now getting updated to 2.3.6 is a little to late. I bough one, and learned my lesson, If I had known that the end of life would have been in the 2.x branch of Android, I would have made a different purchasing decision. I expect my devices to become obsolete due to hardware limitations, with the device no longer being able to support the current OS and not by arbitrary limitations placed on it by a vendor. It's Samsung's prerogative if they want to handle their affairs in such a manner, but for me personal that is not the kind of vendor I want for my equipment. I like Android and have been contemplating a switch from my iPhone, but until I can find a vendor that will supply recent OS advancements, until my hardware is obsolete, I am forced to stick with Apple who has done a pretty good job of it. My 3GS still runs the most current OS sans Siri, which is due to hardware limitations.
- kls 15y ago
  I just found this post I think it sums up the sentiment pretty well: http://www.one37.net/blog/2012/1/11/why-samsung-is-the-next-apple.html http://www.one37.net/blog/2012/1/11/why-samsung-is-the-next-...
- Roritharr 15y ago
  Where did you get the information that there is no ICS Update planned for the Galaxy Tab? The Galaxy Tab 7 and the Galaxy S will get a special blend of ICS, with a special version of touchwiz that has a lighter footprint to compensate for their older processors. It's basically all about touchwiz, in my own opinion Samsung would have no problem throwing a stock ICS on the Tab 7, but Samsung wants a smooth TouchWiz Launcher on it because the customers are accustomed to it and even demand it. Compare this situation to MotoBlur or HTC Sense and you'll see that Samsung does the right thing in the end. Buy a Galaxy Nexus if you want to make sure that you'll really get the updates asap.

kls 15y ago

Android 2.3.6 Update a few weeks ago While there have been incremental updates to the major Android releases and my post may have not reflected them, the point I was getting at is that we are on Android 4, Honeycomb (Android 3) has been out for a while and the only effort to move that tablet over to it is via the home-brew market. Honeycomb is the first OS designed for tablets and yet the original 7 has not seen it. There are no technical limitations to the 7 that would preclude it from receiving the much needed Honeycomb update, but it has not seen it. Nor do I believe that it will see it. Further, there was just a big media blow up about the fact that the existing Samsung phone that is very similar to the Google sanctioned phone in specs, will not receive the Ice Cream Sandwich update. I am sorry but for me personally the 7 just now getting updated to 2.3.6 is a little to late. I bough one, and learned my lesson, If I had known that the end of life would have been in the 2.x branch of Android, I would have made a different purchasing decision. I expect my devices to become obsolete due to hardware limitations, with the device no longer being able to support the current OS and not by arbitrary limitations placed on it by a vendor. It's Samsung's prerogative if they want to handle their affairs in such a manner, but for me personal that is not the kind of vendor I want for my equipment. I like Android and have been contemplating a switch from my iPhone, but until I can find a vendor that will supply recent OS advancements, until my hardware is obsolete, I am forced to stick with Apple who has done a pretty good job of it. My 3GS still runs the most current OS sans Siri, which is due to hardware limitations.

kls 15y ago
I just found this post I think it sums up the sentiment pretty well: http://www.one37.net/blog/2012/1/11/why-samsung-is-the-next-apple.html http://www.one37.net/blog/2012/1/11/why-samsung-is-the-next-...
Roritharr 15y ago
Where did you get the information that there is no ICS Update planned for the Galaxy Tab? The Galaxy Tab 7 and the Galaxy S will get a special blend of ICS, with a special version of touchwiz that has a lighter footprint to compensate for their older processors. It's basically all about touchwiz, in my own opinion Samsung would have no problem throwing a stock ICS on the Tab 7, but Samsung wants a smooth TouchWiz Launcher on it because the customers are accustomed to it and even demand it. Compare this situation to MotoBlur or HTC Sense and you'll see that Samsung does the right thing in the end. Buy a Galaxy Nexus if you want to make sure that you'll really get the updates asap.