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Originally Posted by puleen
It is partly to blame on Rogers Product Management who have a part to play in selecting the type of devices which they want to carry and from which manufacturer.
Let this be a lesson for the Product Management (though I still don't think they understand) to be more realistic when they decide to carry devices which are obsolete by the time they come out.
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Aside from the Nexus One, what phone hasn't been out of date when it came out? You're also talking about a Canadian company with 1/10th the population base to serve of the big US providers, they can't afford to take a shotgun approach and offer every phone, they're going to decide on the phone that gives the best experience out of the box.
Also don't forget, the phone may have been out of date when you bought it, but may not have been when it was introduced. Big difference, and a case in which the mistake is that of the purchaser not doing their homework. Android itself iterates at a pace far more rapid than anything else in the software industry, and its infancy, for user experience reasons for the lay person has till now required stuff like HTC Sense, Motoblur, etc to make it an easier transition from other platforms.
In other words, the blame list works like this:
1. Google, for iterating Android faster than manufacturers can keep up with.
2. Manufacturers, for not being quick enough updating their proprietary portions of the software for new versions of Android.
3. The average cellphone user, that needs things all easy and pretty and requiring number 2 in the first place.
4. Rogers, for wanting to add a couple simple apps/links to their website so you can track your usage on the fly (something I actually like, so sue me).
Of the actual development delays, Rogers' portion of it all seems to be the quickest one, at least from my point of view.