I'm actually mostly annoyed at my phone manufacturer for not being on top of software most of the time. I finally got ICS for my Dutch Samsung Galaxy S2, but no

I'm actually mostly annoyed at my phone manufacturer for not being on top of software most of the time. I finally got ICS for my Dutch Samsung Galaxy S2, but not after a bad update left me with a phone that turned off every hour and had to go to a service center. The service center in turn flashed my phone with a Luxembourg version of the software, which properly upgraded to ICS but I no longer have a "Dutch" phone or the very latest stability upgrade. The article mentions video - that's directly related to either 3rd party ROMs or phone manufacturers not paying for/getting licenses for MPEG and/or other standards. Google APIs is another - there's various additional requirements that manufacturers have to deal with to get those. There is an alternative BTW to Google's maps - Mapquest (http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/featured/android-maps-api http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/featured/android-...)