Long story short: Motorola was going to update the Cliq XT to Android 2.1 – and told people about it! – and now they’re not, after “months of testing”.
The moral of this short story: Never ever buy something because you hope it’ll get updated. Even a company totally promises. Oh, and a big “ugh” to Motorola for promising it in the first place. [Motorola via Engadget]
IanPerthWA
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 1:52 PMWe’ve been given lots of promises about Android being the Next Big Thing. So far it seems much are simply announcements to stall Apple’s rapid growth. If I’d waited for Android and promises to materialise I’d still be waiting on hold a year later. Sorry guys but I finally went to the Dark Side and am very happy. Apple have now had several months to seduce me and, cynic that I am, I must admit to being more and more receptive.
Tomas Medina
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 2:19 PMOn the plus side, you can always root the phone. I have a HTC Dream (Aka TMobile G1 US side) running Froyo courtesy of Cyanogen mod.
But this kind of attitude from manufacturers and in many cases the carriers illustrates why Google should take control of updates, not these companies.
Barry
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 2:40 PMMicrosoft has done this with their latest WinPho7. They took the control of the updates away from Telcos and Phone makers. Apple makes their own and have control of their updates but Apple is a control freak.
gary
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 6:17 PMLove your work, especially the shock horror sky is falling headlines. Sony X10 is another example ? It seems you can expect maybe one official software update with most, but beyond this requires you update the hardware. Funny that.
Matt NSW
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 7:20 PMI’ve got a HTC magic from Vodafone, (early adopter by aussie standards). Very-very happy with Android, not so happy with Vodafone, one update to 1.3 at the beginning and a looooooonnngg wait for the next one. They literally updated the day I decided I was going to ramp up my dissatisfaction with Vodafone. Lucky for them. Moving along, I’m hooked, Android forever, just maybe not Vodafone.
Dominic Trinajstic
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 8:09 PMUsing Android 2.2 on LG Optimus One and i’m so glad to be breaking it off with iProducts. Overtly expensive, regularly featureless – unless you jailbreak it constantly, which is painfully time consuming and repetitive. Not consumer friendly at all.
Sam
Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 1:05 PMSame with the Milestone to 2.2