@ Christian, That's the whole point. It shouldn't require seaching for something so basic as this. Yes, you, me and many others are aware of XDA, and we aren't scared of flashing of phones. But for the good majority of G1 users, they expect this type of support right from the jump. With each OS update, everyone has waited patiently for basic features and fixes. Cupcake disappoints! If the developers over at XDA can manage to get these things working on the G1, then there is no excuse for them not to be built into the official OTA update. While we can customize our phones to get all this stuff, most users will still be disappointed, won't look for ways to get what they need (or will pay $25 for ridiculous market apps), and it will all lead false criticism of a phone that deserves better.
all that buzz and misunderstanding about "cupcake" and now we're getting sober and have to realize:
a) the whole android developing process is quite good comparable to Mac OS X the stages - it takes time (long time) to have a really feature rich and stable base - any one remembers 10.0? ...
b) android is just a plattform from google, there is still only one android manufacturer on the market (samsung will be next month here in germany), t-mobile placed the g1 anywhere in the internet-fun-mobiles - so I didn't expect that much and the I guess the target audience doesn't care about exchange support - anyone who needs this will buy something else
c) the g1 has its limitations (screensize, connectors, memory) and was never ment to be the S-Class of android phones
I think there is nothing wrong with android, the g1 or the actual ota update - we're just at the beginning and its to early to start bashing google or htc or whatever - wait till the end of the year everything will be better. Or just look what the poor WinMo Users get from MS 2.5 years after the iPhone and over 1 year after Android
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@ Christian,
That's the whole point. It shouldn't require seaching for something so basic as this. Yes, you, me and many others are aware of XDA, and we aren't scared of flashing of phones. But for the good majority of G1 users, they expect this type of support right from the jump. With each OS update, everyone has waited patiently for basic features and fixes. Cupcake disappoints! If the developers over at XDA can manage to get these things working on the G1, then there is no excuse for them not to be built into the official OTA update. While we can customize our phones to get all this stuff, most users will still be disappointed, won't look for ways to get what they need (or will pay $25 for ridiculous market apps), and it will all lead false criticism of a phone that deserves better.
all that buzz and misunderstanding about "cupcake" and now we're getting sober and have to realize:
a) the whole android developing process is quite good comparable to Mac OS X the stages - it takes time (long time) to have a really feature rich and stable base - any one remembers 10.0? ...
b) android is just a plattform from google, there is still only one android manufacturer on the market (samsung will be next month here in germany), t-mobile placed the g1 anywhere in the internet-fun-mobiles - so I didn't expect that much and the I guess the target audience doesn't care about exchange support - anyone who needs this will buy something else
c) the g1 has its limitations (screensize, connectors, memory) and was never ment to be the S-Class of android phones
I think there is nothing wrong with android, the g1 or the actual ota update - we're just at the beginning and its to early to start bashing google or htc or whatever - wait till the end of the year everything will be better. Or just look what the poor WinMo Users get from MS 2.5 years after the iPhone and over 1 year after Android