@Kmobs Um... those are not major version updates. I am talking about a x.0 update.. Not an incremental update. 2.2 added a lot to the iPhone, but it wasn't as big as 3.0.. See what I'm saying?
@jellotime91 also, considering the phone was shipped in debug mode rooting != hacking. Rooting on the nexus one is even in the documentation of the device.
@trentryan It's still not how the phone is shipped and not readily available to consumers in a way that they will understand it... >_> With the iPhone you just plug it into iTunes and any dumb fuck will see that there is an update available, and you'll continue to get those for more than the 2 year length of your contract. 3 years of free, easy updates is pretty impressive for any phone manufacturer. What Google has done with Android updates, is NOT.
@jellotime91 LOL i know huh. its not like the iphone 2G needed to be hacked to get MMS working.....oh wait. Its not like the iphone 2G and 3G are going to be needed for "multitasking".....oh wait. Dont even act like a stock iphone is any good. ITS SHIT. Now a hacked iphone is an EXCELLENT PHONE. The Iphone needs hacking more than any other phone because it is so heavily crippled by apple.
@jmhalder Why call someone a homo based on their opinions? That's pretty ridiculous and offensive, and why are you using "homo" as an insult? Grow up. That's great that Android had those features before iPhone, but how about creative a smooth user experience first and foremost? Android failed horribly at that and I think that's more important than small individual features...
@RE4SON Yes, jailbroken iPhones are much better than stock iPhones, I completely agree with you. But I just think the way google handles upgrading their phones is pathetic. Allowing carriers to decide which phone gets an upgrade? Are you serious? That's just ridiculous and bad for the consumer. Someone with a Droid in America will get an update, but in Canada they are held behind for months before they get the official support. It's just bad for the consumer.
@jellotime91 your right, AT&T didnt make getting MMS and 3.0 a pain did they... oh wait... as for the "homo" insult, seriously? no beef with gay people... just with you... you idiot.
@jellotime91 Just because Apple does yearly updates with so called major updates does not mean that they are. 1.5 and 1.6 where as big as the jump between 2 and 3 on the iPhone. You can pick up the very first Android phone and already have access to multitasking, widgets and background notifications and wait for it....wallpapers. Apple has deemed everything in 4.0 far too advanced for the original iPhone and a lot of 4.0 including multitasking still too advanced for the second generation iPhone and every iPod Touch released prior to September 2009.
@jmhalder Regardless, the OS upgrade was not denied to users of an iPhone on any carrier.
And regarding you using "homo" as an insult, you seriously think you did nothing wrong there?
Let's just perpetuate hatred against gays by continuing to use "gay" and "homosexual" or "homo" as insults. Yeah, nothing wrong with that, that doesn't aid descrimination in any way... /sarcasm
@jellotime91 Android doesn't have an iTunes equivalent that makes it easy as pie for Apple to push out software updates. They have to push it out through the carriers. I suppose the middle of the road would be to have it for download through the Market, but I don't know how feasible that is.
@cloud858rk The fact of the matter is Apple controls the hardware and the firmware. Google developed/released the Nexus One so I have no idea why that isn't the first phone to get any updates (I suppose it has to do with the firmware distribution method, which once again Apple controls and Google does not... bad move).
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You know, it's almost as if iPhones don't need to be hacked to get the next firmware update...
@jellotime91
I heard the original iPhone 2g won't be upgradable to 4.0, so I have a feeling people are going to start having to hack the iPhones too.
@jlarex Yes, but I don't remember people having to hack the iPhone to get to 2.0...
or 3.0..
Let's see a G1 make it to Android 4.0 at all and then we will talk. >_>
@jellotime91
Actually, the g1 has had 1.0, 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, along with various hotfixes between the versions without needing to be hacked.
@Kmobs Um... those are not major version updates. I am talking about a x.0 update.. Not an incremental update. 2.2 added a lot to the iPhone, but it wasn't as big as 3.0.. See what I'm saying?
@jellotime91 also, considering the phone was shipped in debug mode rooting != hacking. Rooting on the nexus one is even in the documentation of the device.
@trentryan It's still not how the phone is shipped and not readily available to consumers in a way that they will understand it... >_> With the iPhone you just plug it into iTunes and any dumb fuck will see that there is an update available, and you'll continue to get those for more than the 2 year length of your contract. 3 years of free, easy updates is pretty impressive for any phone manufacturer. What Google has done with Android updates, is NOT.
@jellotime91 LOL i know huh. its not like the iphone 2G needed to be hacked to get MMS working.....oh wait. Its not like the iphone 2G and 3G are going to be needed for "multitasking".....oh wait. Dont even act like a stock iphone is any good. ITS SHIT. Now a hacked iphone is an EXCELLENT PHONE. The Iphone needs hacking more than any other phone because it is so heavily crippled by apple.
@jmhalder Why call someone a homo based on their opinions? That's pretty ridiculous and offensive, and why are you using "homo" as an insult? Grow up. That's great that Android had those features before iPhone, but how about creative a smooth user experience first and foremost? Android failed horribly at that and I think that's more important than small individual features...
@RE4SON
Yes, jailbroken iPhones are much better than stock iPhones, I completely agree with you. But I just think the way google handles upgrading their phones is pathetic. Allowing carriers to decide which phone gets an upgrade? Are you serious? That's just ridiculous and bad for the consumer. Someone with a Droid in America will get an update, but in Canada they are held behind for months before they get the official support. It's just bad for the consumer.
@jellotime91 your right, AT&T didnt make getting MMS and 3.0 a pain did they... oh wait... as for the "homo" insult, seriously? no beef with gay people... just with you... you idiot.
@jellotime91 Just because Apple does yearly updates with so called major updates does not mean that they are. 1.5 and 1.6 where as big as the jump between 2 and 3 on the iPhone. You can pick up the very first Android phone and already have access to multitasking, widgets and background notifications and wait for it....wallpapers. Apple has deemed everything in 4.0 far too advanced for the original iPhone and a lot of 4.0 including multitasking still too advanced for the second generation iPhone and every iPod Touch released prior to September 2009.
@jmhalder
Regardless, the OS upgrade was not denied to users of an iPhone on any carrier.
And regarding you using "homo" as an insult, you seriously think you did nothing wrong there?
Let's just perpetuate hatred against gays by continuing to use "gay" and "homosexual" or "homo" as insults. Yeah, nothing wrong with that, that doesn't aid descrimination in any way... /sarcasm
@jellotime91 Android doesn't have an iTunes equivalent that makes it easy as pie for Apple to push out software updates. They have to push it out through the carriers. I suppose the middle of the road would be to have it for download through the Market, but I don't know how feasible that is.
@cloud858rk The fact of the matter is Apple controls the hardware and the firmware. Google developed/released the Nexus One so I have no idea why that isn't the first phone to get any updates (I suppose it has to do with the firmware distribution method, which once again Apple controls and Google does not... bad move).