Upgrades to Honeycomb, Froyo or Gingerbread devices, is going to be more difficult I believe. Last time I read Honeycomb's code source was locked, in other words, is not fully open source. That makes it difficult to convert or rewrite upgrade code for existing tables.
That was a Google's move in order to minimize or reduce software issues and bugs, which we started to notice on many devices, because the hardware differences. The M Xoom is a great example. Now, Motorola's purchase supposes to get rid of that and helps with a tighter software and hardware integration.
I would not expect many Honeycomb upgrades on existing tables or put my bet on that.
Last edited by jocampo; 09-06-2011 at 09:35 AM.
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