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Having a Windows Phone, 8.0. Updates come in all the time from the Marketplace. Which in turn updates every thing on the phone. MSoft designed it so that eve
by spoiledtechie 13y ago
Having a Windows Phone, 8.0. Updates come in all the time from the Marketplace.
Which in turn updates every thing on the phone. MSoft designed it so that every function is an app. No need to update the entire os, but rather just the app. Ive seen updates for Utils and diagnosis tools come in as well as your regular app.
Maybe its something the Android Team needs to look into. Even though their is carrier bastardization, it still allows for real partial updates of internal Android Apps.
- runjake 13y ago> No need to update the entire os You're wrong. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/how-to/wp8/basics/windows-phone-8-update-history http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/how-to/wp8/basics/windows-... > Maybe its something the Android Team needs to look into. How Windows Phone updates actually work is exactly the same as how Android updates work: the OS is updated, and these days, the apps (even Google's) are broken out into separate updates. Google was doing this before Microsoft, so Google would not need to learn anything from Microsoft, in this regard.
- spoiledtechie 13y agoBefore you attack me, maybe you should try owning a Windows Phone. I am speaking from experience. You are just speaking from things you found on the internet.
- runjake 13y agoI wasn't attacking you, I was saying you were wrong -- and you were wrong. And I actually do own two Windows Phones (one is a developer "HTC Mazaa" unit given to me by Microsoft after being one of the winners of a Windows Phone development competition, and the other is a WP8 Lumia) and I develop for Windows Phone. Has Microsoft given you a developer phone lately? Seriously though, don't presume to know my experience level.
- spoiledtechie 13y agoNot to toot my own horn, but yes actually. I was given a windows 6.0, 6.5 CE, 7.0, and I'm actually currently using the phone the gave me from their developer conference. 8.0. seems like there is a lot of presuming going around. I'll apologize now and say I am sorry to have offended you.
- ajross 13y agorunjake was impolitic, but correct. The Google GMS app suite is distinct from the OS image and can be updated independently via the Play Store. It's no different in practice from what you see on Windows Phone -- a core OS image must be updated (rarely, and with hardware OEM and carrier approval) via firmware, but almost everything user-facing is an app from the market.
- hbharadwaj 13y agoMicrosoft actually ended up learning from Google and Apple by coming in late. I think they went for an intermediary between Apple's cohesive ecosystem and Google's open ecosystem. Agreed, they had their own Windows PC OS distribution as a model as well. If Windows Phone ever takes off, it would ideally offer the best of both worlds. Differentiation in terms of hardware and apps while core functionality remains the same.
- eigenvector 13y agoAll of the Google-branded services - Gmail, Google+, Maps, Play {Store|Books|Magazines}, Music, Talk (Hangouts) and Chrome - are indeed "apps" that can be updated separately from the OS through the Play Store like you'd update any other app (except the Store itself, it updates automagically with no notification). However, all the unbranded parts - Messaging, Dailer, Gallery, Camera, Browser, etc. - don't register as user apps (they also live on /system which is mounted read-only except during OS updates) and need a proper system update to be updated.
- BoyWizard 13y agoFYI the Browser on 4.2.x has been replaced with Chrome. I'm eventually hoping that everything can be updated through the Play store, and the only reason to do an OS update will be for kernel updates.