Comments on: Building a Better Android [Opinion]

By: Josh Shaw

Josh Shaw — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:25:00 +0000

I have AT&T Galaxy S3 and had 4.2.1 in January, and got 4.2.2 in February. Obviously you’re not doing Android right. Root, ROM, Smooth, Sexy.

By: Ron Offringa

Ron Offringa — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:13:00 +0000

Thanks. I appreciate that.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:27:00 +0000

And a Google Carrier that will update the os the same week or month it comes out, unlike carriers that decide’s whether or not the customer needs it, or delays it to sell newer phones with the newer os, or any BS reason not to.

9to5 Google says dish/ google trying to get the carrier up before the end of the year

By: kixofmyg0t

kixofmyg0t — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:14:00 +0000

It’s disconcerting when people post a dubious amounts of laundry while facilitating the perpetual eventually of equally in response to copious amounts of high fructose corn syrup in conjunction with multiple purple stuffed worms in flap jaw space with the tuning fork to show that a poster is only as good as the beholder while continuing to FACKWORS.

Am I doing this right?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:59:00 +0000

Hey Ron, whether you read this or not or reply, I just want you to know I enjoy your articles, and I hope you continue to make them. Don’t worry about what some people say (in the other articles you’ve posted I’ve seen some hateful stuff)!

By: Tom Snow

Tom Snow — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:53:00 +0000

I for one, really love the ability to swipe between page or headings. Google currents is a great app to use as i don’t have to work much at it, simply swipe. Same thing with Falcon Pro, it really makes my Tittwer experience better. Especially with a DNA and smaller hands, I’ve even set up my NOVA launcher so I don’t have to reach the notification bar, I can just swipe it down. Makes for a great operating system, developers need to catch up, so consumers can see the true potential of Android!

By: bananatroll

bananatroll — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:21:00 +0000

And this is exactly why Google desperately needs something that is Google across the board… like the rumored X Phone. If folks want “Android” and not some cartoony looking crap from every OEM except Google themselves, then they have no where to turn, and as a result the Brand loses consistency and suffers fragmentation so bad, that people stop referring to their smartphones as “Android” handsets whatsoever. Galaxy Phone, DROID, and others have made a name for themselves in the last 3-4 years. But Android has not, and Google has lost recognition and realization from consumers as a result of this. Many smartphone owners have no clue that they are even using a Android device in the first place, much less what OS version it has, or even what real Android looks like. Applications are hard enough to write as it is, without OEM’s screwing up the OS on the Kernal level to the point of making it even worse.

There are reasons Apple has been so successful in this business:

Consistency
Reliability
Quality
End User Friendly
Excellent Tech Support
Excellent Customer Service

And most importantly of all…

BRAND

Google Branded Smartphones, Google Updates, Google Mandated OS Uniformity, and Stock Android direct from the dudes at Mountain View… Just the way it was meant to be.

Open licensing is great and all, but it ain’t making them any money yet, so having a Google Series of handsets on ALL carriers with the same type of relationship Apple has would be awesomefest… And it would make them MONEY!

By: sirmeili

sirmeili — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:24:00 +0000

Well, honestly, while there are core features that are missing between versions, I’d think that most apps work across most of the version that are most popular today. I’m sure there are exceptions, but I would think that would be few.

I don’t see how this is any different from iOS once Apple decided to start leaving out features for older devices (ie: Siri).

By: C-Law

C-Law — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:18:00 +0000

that’s what sucks about android. Fragmentation. But there’s no way to fix it without closing it off

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:04:00 +0000

Android’s strength is also its weakness: customization. You’re allowed to do whatever you want as a user and as a developer and sometimes they makes Android awful.

By: TheWenger

TheWenger — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:51:00 +0000

Not meant to be condescending. Meant to be a slam to what OEMs are doing to Android.

By: sirmeili

sirmeili — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:46:00 +0000

Well, if I dont have android 4.2 and I’m just checking out this article (as in I don’t necessarily keep up with Android news), how would a person really know that this is stock android? There aren’t that many 4.2 devices out there.

By: Ronaldo

Ronaldo — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:46:00 +0000

It’s disconcerting when people post bellicose comments to snarky responses to condescending responses to comments that show a poster doesn’t know what the newest version of stock Android looks like because it hasn’t been rolled out to everyone.

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:43:00 +0000

It’s disconcerting when people post snarky responses to condescending responses to comments showing the poster doesn’t know what stock Android looks like.

By: Ronaldo

Ronaldo — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:43:00 +0000

It’s sad when people post condescending comments like the above comment.