Comments on: No Further Android Updates for G1; No “Sense” for MyTouch 3G?

By: Mick

Mick — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:54:16 +0000

Updates for devices are usually provided upon request (and payment) from a carrier (AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile) for their device. For example, T-Mobile requests a software update (from HTC) for their myTouch 3G handset. HTC then writes/develops an update for the device and provides it to the carrier who then sends it to their devices in an OTA (Over The Air) update or via internet (download from website) update.

Because operating system updates require time, money and product support, carriers are making a market prediction on whether to support the device or abandon it for a newer (more powerful) model. This means that if the T-Mobile G1 hardware cannot support the latest Android operating system or user interface (Sense UI), then T-Mobile may choose to abandon the device and support/promote a more powerful hardware platform.

With that being said, most carriers are tight-lipped about which products they are abandoning, releasing or updating. In some cases, users find out when the update notice appears on their device.

Hope this helps…

By: Josef Holland

Josef Holland — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:27:48 +0000

Ok they may run out of room at some point, not a big deal, upgrade your phone. I love my g1 more so then the mytouch, prefer the slide out keyboard.

P.s. I am useing rooted donut and whether or not sense ui is released in the us. Ill have it too.

By: stevo

stevo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:24:05 +0000

How do we know which android phones htc, moto, etc.. what not will get the latest android updates? is it just random? is up to the carriers? manufacturers? does anyone have any info on this? thanks

By: green

green — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:04:33 +0000

The g-1 phone is a great phone.we all need to have a complete level of global summit on android for every phone.yes htc has a good set of different products and that’s good.now the problem we have is all of these regulations and phone company’s should understand tht there are thousands of tweekers and good developers like xda &cyanogen just to name a few that have taken the tweeking to the good of ndroid. Now why can’t we androidians get the complete android world together and the google exects & iphone and let them know that we see all of the hoopla now let the animosity go and give us the android market that we can have and forsee in the near future because believe it or not technology will procede and we will still be here trying to tweek our phones. So give us andronians freedom please.

By: Danny Herrera

Danny Herrera — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:32:30 +0000

To Mike Klein:
Wow, Firstly, The Browser Has Always Beem Able To Stream MP4 On The Web Browser That The G1 Was Provided With. Secondly, Have You Been To The Android Market Lately? There Are QUITE A FEW Of Apps The Are File Managers(I Recommend ASTRO) That Are Availabe For Download So Yeah, The iPhone Can Suck The G1′s Dick. Sorry To Take It This Far But This Guy Is Not The Smartest.

By: Observer

Observer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:48:45 +0000

Nokia is dead and Android will take over the world. I’ve been using Nokia past 10 years, but once I tried Android I could no longer use Nokia phones. Nokia phones are crap nowadays and Android is the platform of the future.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:38:36 +0000

The G1 can do almost every thing a laptop can. You can get apps that enable you to download any file on the internet, you can get additional UI apps to enhance your experience, you can tether to a laptop for internet anywhere you have Edge or 3G. More apps are in the mix as well, including Flash and Acrobat support. If you would take time to look in the app store, where most of the apps are free by the way (even a lot of the good ones mentioned above) and have video players that can play just about every format you would need (WMA, WMV, AVI, MPG4, MPEG, MP3/4, 3GP, among the most common video/audio types). Get to know a phone before you criticize what it can and can’t do as I’m glad I left iTunes dependant iPhone behind for the G1 and haven’t since looked back.

As for the comment in the article about no more updates and devices reaching their memory limit….no duh. Hence Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Super NES, N64, Playstation, Gamecube, Xbox, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3…they all eventually can go no further which is why they make new ones. The day technology can be endlessly be improved without buying a new model has yet to come so that’s why newer models come out. Come on man. That’s as bad as my customers complaining about not being able to run Windows Vista on their old Pentium 4 machine or being able to play cutting edge games with a 256MB API graphics card… >.<

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:47:06 +0000

@Avner Kashtan

Uhh the problem isn’t ram it’s rom, simple explaination rom is storage, while ram is part of the equation to figure out the speed of the device. And the I7500 has 8gb of storage.

By: Kirbdaddy

Kirbdaddy — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:30:56 +0000

Couldn’t this problem be avoided if apps could be downloaded to the memory card?

By: Jonny

Jonny — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:12:25 +0000

ATTENTION: Also visit androidmarketapps.blogspot.com for updated information on the android devices and software!!!

I LOVE ANDROID

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:23:14 +0000

If you are willing to consider a netbook as I have, the Asus 1005HA-PU1X, this exact model, is excellent. Great battery life, 160GB HDD, good performance, and the ability to run the OS of your choosing as long as your choice isn’t Vista.

By: Huh

Huh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:02:12 +0000

How exactly did you work that out? Your version: Google makes a handset. A company who has never made one before. Reality: multiple, experienced manufacturers make multiple handsets, and you get to choose. Some providers even make custom Android versions.

We have a brilliant operating system that is growing so fast it’s outpacing the original phone it was designed to work with. Handset manufacturers are coming out with even better phones to work with the OS. And this is somehow a problem?

Android is exploding! Soon we will have dozens of phones to choose from, and several flavors of the OS. And there will still be just one iPhone, which Apple will continue to do it’s damnedest to make sure you can’t use however you want to use it.

That’s like saying Linux or Windows is dead because Linus Torvalds and Microsoft don’t make their own PC’s. That’s ridiculous.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:48:12 +0000

I don’t think I made a mistake. I knew what I was getting into. It was the very first android phone. Show me one first generation ANYTHING that HASN’T had major problems or limitations over it’s lifespan. That’s just how technology works. When my contract is up and there’s a new android phone that has a keyboard, I’ll get a new phone with new OS updates and it’ll be a grand old time. Until then, I’m happy with what I’ve got.

By: Avner Kashtan

Avner Kashtan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:13:05 +0000

According to Wikipedia, the HTC Dream has 192MB of RAM – and this is apparently too small for future versions of Android, right? Then how about the Samsung GTi7500 Galaxy? Judging by this site it has 128MB of RAM. Is that a problem?
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1863&c=samsung_gt-i7500_galaxy

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:47:03 +0000

i wonder if the MyTouch3Gs in Japan will get the sense UI update. Docomo just started selling them.

By: darkLord

darkLord — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:22:19 +0000

nokia is the answer