As a developer, you want your entire user base to be on the latest version of your software if possible -- it gives you a tighter grip on the user experience, and makes supporting your software a bit easier.
As a user, it takes more effort than needed to keep your applications up to date. If you've got 50 great apps with lots of active development, you would spend a good portion of your day updating your software. Ok, that may be an exaggeration, but it's definitely better to have the operating system do the heavy lifting if possible. FM Radio This one is cool. It's one thing to have a giant collection of MP3s that you listen to on the way to work -- but what if you wanted to hear the morning show, or your local community radio station for the latest in the local independent music scene?
You would have to pull out your Walkman. New Linux kernel New versions of things like this are good for several reasons -- Security, stability, performance, etc. This latest version of the kernel actually uses less RAM -- freeing it up for applications to use. Android 2. The only things floating around are leaked builds that aren't final. The closest you can get is the leaked Android 2. It is feature complete and polished enough to upgrade as if it were final.
In the coming months we expect to see the major Android devices get 2. This staggered deployment is an unfortunate side effect of Google's Android customization strategy that allows handset vendors to ship with their own customized versions of the OS. While that's great for differentiation, it also means that there will be an inevitable delay between when a major OS revision is released and when it'll be implemented across the board. For starters, doing this disconnects your phone's wireless connection, so you'll need to remember to disable the Portable hotspot when you want to use WiFi on your phone again.
Secondly, it can eat up battery life, although can partially negate this if you have a laptop by charging your phone's battery via a USB port. Finally, you need to make sure that your phone contract allows tethering, otherwise you could be in breach of your contract's terms and conditions. There are a few other nice touches too.
We like that you can now update all applications in the Market using the Update All button, rather than having to do each one manually. The Application Manager has also been tweaked, so you can now view Running apps, those installed on an SD card, downloaded models and All.
In fairness Android probably isn't quite as smooth to use as iOS, but it's getting pretty close. Features like the Portable hotspot are incredible to have, while full Flash support dramatically improves the experience of browsing the web.
It's features like this that mean that Android's an incredibly strong competitor to the iPhone and a better choice in some regards. The only disappointment is that there's currently no timeline for all Android devices to get 2.
If not, you may want to click here to view the story in its original location. The highlights:. If you decide to stick with manual updates, Android 2. You could use this to recover lost information or even just move data and settings from one phone to another. So, for example, you could click on a button in a Google Map on your PC and have it automatically open the same map — complete with driving directions — on your phone.
Not too shabby.
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