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I really hope that Google will make a commitment to consistently and quickly update all Motorola phones to the latest version of Android that the phone can hand

I really hope that Google will make a commitment to consistently and quickly update all Motorola phones to the latest version of Android that the phone can handle so that it becomes the standard expectation from all phone manufacturers.

outside1234 15y ago
ha - they don't even do that with their phones!
- hack_edu 15y ago
  Actually they do. And if you are talking about the Nexus One or G1 in particular, no provider continues major-version support of 2+ year old phones.
  - e1ven 15y ago
    The iPhone 3GS was released on June 19, 2009, and runs the newest iOS releaes. That was 2 years, 7 months ago.
    - hack_edu 15y ago
      And not very well IMHO, probably about as good as a Nexus One would ICS. There is something to say for UX/UI standards.
      - redthrowaway 15y ago
        True that. iOS 5 is a dog on my 3gs, with unacceptable lag and intermittent crashes. If the LTE Galaxy Nexus were offered in Canada, I would have switched a month ago.
      - chc 15y ago
        I would just like to emphasize that this is not a cop-out. Not only does my top-of-the-line (when I bought it) iPhone 3GS with iOS 5 feel much more sluggish than my girlfriend's very low-end Android phone, but apps — even Apple apps — crash all the friggin' time due to memory exhaustion. Assuming the experience upgrading an old Android to ICS would be similar, I'd say Google is simply doing better QA than Apple.
- Achshar 15y ago
  They do. Nexus line is always first and quickest to get an update AFAIK
  - jsnell 15y ago
    They might be first or quickest to get the update, but it's certainly not happening quickly. The Nexus S still doesn't have an official update, and AFAIK there are no signs of it being rolled out anytime soon. It should be pretty obvious at this point that something is badly rotten in either the Android development or deployment model. Even Google can't get ICS ported onto their own previous flagship device, despite a huge incentive to do so (get ICS on real hardware onto as many developer's hands as possible) and having had access to the source code all through the ICS development cycle.
    - fluidcruft 15y ago
      The Nexus S has official ICS, Sprint's 4G version does not (but it looks like it's on it's way--a 4G build was leaked recently).
      - jsnell 15y ago
        I haven't received an OTA. Some version was released in December soon after the Galaxy Nexus launch, but it was sufficiently buggy that they pulled the update after a few days. Presumably the problems must have been fairly serious, since that was 2 months ago and they still haven't restarted the push. If that counts as an official release, the term has no meaning at all.

outside1234 15y ago

ha - they don't even do that with their phones!

hack_edu 15y ago
Actually they do. And if you are talking about the Nexus One or G1 in particular, no provider continues major-version support of 2+ year old phones.
- e1ven 15y ago
  The iPhone 3GS was released on June 19, 2009, and runs the newest iOS releaes. That was 2 years, 7 months ago.
  - hack_edu 15y ago
    And not very well IMHO, probably about as good as a Nexus One would ICS. There is something to say for UX/UI standards.
    - redthrowaway 15y ago
      True that. iOS 5 is a dog on my 3gs, with unacceptable lag and intermittent crashes. If the LTE Galaxy Nexus were offered in Canada, I would have switched a month ago.
    - chc 15y ago
      I would just like to emphasize that this is not a cop-out. Not only does my top-of-the-line (when I bought it) iPhone 3GS with iOS 5 feel much more sluggish than my girlfriend's very low-end Android phone, but apps — even Apple apps — crash all the friggin' time due to memory exhaustion. Assuming the experience upgrading an old Android to ICS would be similar, I'd say Google is simply doing better QA than Apple.
Achshar 15y ago
They do. Nexus line is always first and quickest to get an update AFAIK
- jsnell 15y ago
  They might be first or quickest to get the update, but it's certainly not happening quickly. The Nexus S still doesn't have an official update, and AFAIK there are no signs of it being rolled out anytime soon. It should be pretty obvious at this point that something is badly rotten in either the Android development or deployment model. Even Google can't get ICS ported onto their own previous flagship device, despite a huge incentive to do so (get ICS on real hardware onto as many developer's hands as possible) and having had access to the source code all through the ICS development cycle.
  - fluidcruft 15y ago
    The Nexus S has official ICS, Sprint's 4G version does not (but it looks like it's on it's way--a 4G build was leaked recently).
    - jsnell 15y ago
      I haven't received an OTA. Some version was released in December soon after the Galaxy Nexus launch, but it was sufficiently buggy that they pulled the update after a few days. Presumably the problems must have been fairly serious, since that was 2 months ago and they still haven't restarted the push. If that counts as an official release, the term has no meaning at all.