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Rogers Official: It's HTCs fault, they won't make 1.6 for us.

mjschmidt

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Jun 27, 2009
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As of today the official response from Rogers Canada is that _HTC_ are the ones who aren't supplying 1.6 for the Rogers HTC Magic and Dream.

We know 1.6 works on these phones, so we doubt that HTC has unilaterally decided not to update them, chances are better it's Rogers who don't want to do it.

Catch up on the action here: http://androidforums.com/rogers/10647-rogers-dream-1-6-update-11.html#post197520

And if you were thinking about buying a Rogers HTC Magic or Dream, you will be stuck on 1.5. You will not get the benefits of having an OS above 1.5, nor will you be able to use any apps written for 1.5 or above.
 
Its not that HTC doesnt want to give you 1.6. 1.6 is old, 2.0 is out already and 2.1 is also in the works and is ready to come out any day now. The reason they are not giving you 1.6 is because they want to bypass it and give you 2.1 right away.

That's not what HTC is saying.

HTC is not currently planning any Android 1.6 upgrades for Rogers Dream or Magic. Android 1.6 was only made available for
 
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Its not that HTC doesnt want to give you 1.6. 1.6 is old, 2.0 is out already and 2.1 is also in the works and is ready to come out any day now. The reason they are not giving you 1.6 is because they want to bypass it and give you 2.1 right away.

It may be true that 1.6 is now also outdated, but considering it's been available for everyone else since the beginning of October, and Rogers didn't even seem to be aware of it till we started complaining at the end of November, chances are in general we are pretty screwed. Given the apps that only work on 1.6 or above, and the added functionality of 1.6, it would be nice even just to have 1.6, never mind 2.1!
 
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Right now Rogers is offering the Magic for 0.99 cents. I feel sorry for the people buying it because they don't realize there are already apps they can't run in the Market.

Rogers should at least make people aware that they will not receive an update for it and what that means.
 
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It may be true that 1.6 is now also outdated, but considering it's been available for everyone else since the beginning of October, and Rogers didn't even seem to be aware of it till we started complaining at the end of November, chances are in general we are pretty screwed. Given the apps that only work on 1.6 or above, and the added functionality of 1.6, it would be nice even just to have 1.6, never mind 2.1!

Everyone else? Like who? The G1?
 
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