New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android

Re:New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android by barrkel on Monday March 15, 2010 @03:47PM (#1193891)

On the other hand, I resented that I was basically forced to pay up and upgrade in order to continue getting updated versions for applications I had already purchased, as well as buy new apps. I held out until an easy jailbreak was released for 3.1.2.

Needless to say, I'm now using a Nexus One.

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Re:New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android by tvon on Monday March 15, 2010 @03:52PM (#1193908)

You were forced to pay who to upgrade what?

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Re:New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android by barrkel on Monday March 15, 2010 @04:06PM (#1193945)

http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/software-update.html

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Re:New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android by matwood on Monday March 15, 2010 @06:49PM (#1194359)

I agree that Apples reasoning for charging for the Touch updates sounds shady, but you're comparing a touch (NOT a phone) to a nexus one which is a phone. If you compare it to the iPhone the updates are included.

Did you really buy a Nexus ONE to replace your touch and don't use the phone portion of the Nexus?

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Re:New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android by barrkel on Monday March 15, 2010 @07:02PM (#1194382)

Of course not. But my choice to buy the N1 is influenced by both my experience with the Touch and my girlfriend's phones, first an iPhone 3G, and now 3GS.

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