Tech | March 05, 2010 | 2 comments

Google’s Android Favoritism Punishes Users and Partners

source: http://blog.laptopmag.com/google%e2%80%99s-android-favoritism-punishes-users-and-partners

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First it was Google Maps Navigation (Beta), which at first brought free spoken turn-by-turn directions to only the Motorola Droid (and later devices running OS 1.6 and up). Then came Google Buzz for mobile, the controversial social networking service, which is currently available for those Android phones running 2.0 and up. And just yesterday, the search-giant-turned-smart-phone-mogul released the very cool Gesture Search app, which allows users to look up contacts and locate applications just by scribbling a letter on the screen. Have a Motorola Cliq or a HTC Droid Eris or a Samsung Moment? Sucks to be you, because this app is also limited to Android 2.0 or above. It’s clear that Google is favoring the newer versions of its OS. This unfairly punishes both owners of devices running older flavors of Android, as well as Google’s partners.

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2 comments // Google’s Android Favoritism Punishes Users and Partners

  • WrittenWithWit
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      WrittenWithWit  

    • i have the original G1 with t-mobile and I have no idea what version I'm running... no longer do I anticipate or look forward to the updates because I don't care anymore - like the stereo bluetooth or the onscreen keyboard which I never use, or the voice search. It's whatever

    • 2 years ago
  • igobyzach
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      igobyzach  

    • Google is not punishing users of the older versions or favoring the users of the newer versions either. It all comes down to the equipment manufacturer and wireless carrier that drag their toes to push out the upgrades or roll out devices with the older platforms, google just doesn't want to develop something for a phone running 1.5 when they already have 2.1 on devices in consumers hands. Oh and by the way I have a Samsung Moment that runs 1.5 and I'm not ticked at Google for ignoring 1.5 for certain new goodies, it just makes the upgrade to 2.1 that much more exciting. Only when Sprint and Samsung complete and roll out the update...

    • 2 years ago
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