First, apologies to those who might have browsed the blog over the last few weeks and found it unchanged in that time. We'll do better!
On to today's topic...or is that rant?
Let's keep it simple. Its time for Google and T-Mobile to get their "coordination" act together and let the myTouch 3G world know when, or if, Android 2.0 will be released for their phones. Rumors, counter-rumors, and just plain gossip are circulating, and the misinformation helps no one.
Given the problems T-Mobile has had in the last year, it would seem to me a little transparency wouldn't do them any harm. Do you plan to release it? When? What are the delays? Why hasn't more information been forthcoming? Is it Google's "fault?" Please don't barrage us with more corporate PR doublespeak. Give us real information. You, too, Google.
There. Rant mode off.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
No Sense UI for the myTouch? In a word, RATS...
When Charlie Brown let loose a home run pitch, the last-frame scream from his mouth was always "RATS."
It's also what came to MY mind when I read that, barring some miraculous intervention, the grand new Sense UI for Android phones being released by HTC will NOT be available for Google-branded T-Mobile phones in the US.
I've heard a variety of rumors on why this is the (unfortunate) case, ranging from T-Mobile interference to legal/licensing entanglements with Google.
And that makes no sense.
The worst thing that could happen to Android is for uneven development and deployment to occur, implying whole classes of devices don't get access to the same or similar breadth of features purely for non-technical reasons. If Google asked me (and they didn't), I'd be in their face making sure the reasons for this particular snafu had nothing to do with them. Google should do everything it can to get the very best face on Android-specific development out to the world just as fast as it possibly can, legal obstacles be darned.
Android has a real chance to pivot itself into serious relevance as a new-generation development platform - if Google, carriers, and phone makers can stay the heck out of the way.
Sadly, whether they can remains to be seen.
Google, are you listening?
It's also what came to MY mind when I read that, barring some miraculous intervention, the grand new Sense UI for Android phones being released by HTC will NOT be available for Google-branded T-Mobile phones in the US.
I've heard a variety of rumors on why this is the (unfortunate) case, ranging from T-Mobile interference to legal/licensing entanglements with Google.
And that makes no sense.
The worst thing that could happen to Android is for uneven development and deployment to occur, implying whole classes of devices don't get access to the same or similar breadth of features purely for non-technical reasons. If Google asked me (and they didn't), I'd be in their face making sure the reasons for this particular snafu had nothing to do with them. Google should do everything it can to get the very best face on Android-specific development out to the world just as fast as it possibly can, legal obstacles be darned.
Android has a real chance to pivot itself into serious relevance as a new-generation development platform - if Google, carriers, and phone makers can stay the heck out of the way.
Sadly, whether they can remains to be seen.
Google, are you listening?
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