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Originally Posted by alefor
Regarding updates, I am really tired of reading all the Apple bashing in this forum and elsewhere, when they are the ONLY company to make updates easily available to users. The old Win Mobile phones were only update-able by the carriers which meant it never happened, because they want you to buy another phone. Android is the same. Why isnt Android designed so that users can do the updates? We would all have Honeycomb! Apple is the only one that does it right. And I think thats a major impetus to stick with Apple. This demonstrates a significant design flaw with every major mobile OS except iOS.
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Android runs on hundreds of different hardware configurations produced by dozens of manufacturers, while iOS only runs on two produced by one. The situations really aren't comparable. And of course, for those devices whose manufacturers cultivate an independent developer community, users can, quite literally, install their own updates.
Apple deserves every bit of bashing that can be heaped upon them for their closed, dumbed down philosophy and most of all for their ego. Though I may buy an iPad 1 if the price drops below $250 on eBay with all the iFans doing as the WhitePlasticMaster commands and "upgrading" to the IP2 because it's, uh, thinner or something.