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Google has confirmed that it will update the existing Nexus S handset to new Ice Cream Sandwich Android software in the next few weeks, but has also said that its original Nexus One is ‘too old’ for the upgrade.
Google’s Hugo Barra confirmed that the latest version of Android will be delivered as a free upgrade to the existing Nexus S handset “within weeks”. He said the search giant was aiming to get the software to owners of the previous flagship phone shortly after the release of the new Galaxy Nexus handset next month, well in time for Christmas.
Owners of the first official Google phone, the Nexus One, will not be getting the upgrade, however. Barra said the hardware was simply too old to run the new operating system.
Google launched the Nexus One, which was made by HTC, in January 2010, and closed the phone’s support forum on 1 November last year. Some fans, however, had hoped that aspects of the latest version of the Android software would still be compatible with the phone.
Barra also responded to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s attacks on Android phones. He had said that users “needed a computer science degree” to use Android.
Barra retorted that “Android, especially this new version 4.0, is an incredibly intuitive platform – the best one we’ve ever built. There are power user features, but there is no need for an instruction manual or a computer science degree”, he said.
Barra added that criticisms in some reviews about slowness of the operating system were based on one faulty device at the launch event in Hong Kong. Barra said the new Galaxy Nexus offered 60 frames per second and was “buttersilk smooth”.
“The operating system is thought through with the needs of the next three years in mind; it’s a wholesale revamp of the way people interact with the phone,” he said. “It’s something we’ve designed for the masses; it continues to cater for power users really well but the entry level users will be able to use it really well too and make the phone their own.”
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Already running ICS on the Nexus S, but can't wait for an official version where everything works perfectly. ICS is sooo good!
Steve would know, as he is a developer with a science degree. He loves his company.
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I think Steve equates common sense to a computer science degree. I should have a phD!
So its within weeks or in time for christmass? Cause the difference is quite big.
It's within weeks of the Galaxy Nexus launch. Which is early/mid November then a few weeks which still makes it by xmas. I am guessing the first week of December my NS4G will get ICS.
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So its within weeks or in time for christmass? Cause the difference is quite big.
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There's less than 2 months till cristmas anyways, so any release before that is counted in weeks, not months (plural).
I'm also guessing first week of December.
I can't wait for ICS. I'm particularly excited about the improved browser that will sync with Chrome.
The current stock browser is utterly stupid. Actually, can someone explain to me why the Bookmark tab organizes my bookmarks by order of most visited when there's already a "most visited" tab? What's the difference?
Just be patient guys!
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The current stock browser is utterly stupid. Actually, can someone explain to me why the Bookmark tab organizes my bookmarks by order of most visited when there's already a "most visited" tab? What's the difference?
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Your most recently used bookmarks are at the top. It makes perfect sense to me. I like this behavior. Without the ability to make folders, it's a good way to present it to the user.
Dude....it's only 7-8 weeks to Christmas.....that's not so many.
Been using ICS through a ROM and man do I love it. I'm impressed by ICS and how smooth and nice looking things are, I'm using an ICS ROM built from the SDK and can't wait for an actual source ROM.
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wow good and lucky for you guys!
Any news for its twin I9000?
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i really want the ics!!!!!!!
hope it can launch early
will it has a big difference between sdk and official version?
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I like ics. Hope it come fast!
jcagara08 said:
wow good and lucky for you guys!
Any news for its twin I9000?
Sent from my office PC hopeful for ICS for I9000 LOL
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It will and it will be..so be patient for that...
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Can't wait to get ICS!!
All i need is face unlock..look cools
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Omg face unlock is the only thing you need? :O
I want hardware acceleration finally! And I also cant wait for USB devices support in emulators
Hardware acceleration is going to be great. Hopefully motorola gets it in the x2 soon and the xoom. Can't wait to try it out in a tablet.
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I see nobody bothered to make a new year topic so I'll start one and I wish you all join in.
I wish you all Nexus S owners a Happy New Year, full of joy and happiness!!!
May the Devs bring us the best roms and Google bring us Jelly Bean
Happy new year!
Have fun you all tonight!
And i wanna wish you all the best for the next year!!!!
(maybe without battery drain)
I'm assuming you guys are a day ahead of me, I'm still on the 31st. Haha. But still Happy New Year to all. Be safe & God Bless.
Happy New Year!
kijp15 said:
I'm assuming you guys are a day ahead of me, I'm still on the 31st. Haha. But still Happy New Year to all. Be safe & God Bless.
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It's still the 31st here in Romania too. Only a few hours to go.
Happy new year to you and everyone here on XDA. All the best in 2012
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marcelnn said:
Happy New Year!
It's still the 31st here in Romania too. Only a few hours to go.
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The day isn't even half over here in the states :/
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Happy new year from Italy
Happy New Year all!!!
Happy new year guys!!
31st San Jose, CA.
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Happy new year everyone!
Happy New Yearsssss!!!
Hoping for a lovely CM9 ICS ROM in the early year, then I can ditch my AOSP build >:]
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Well, nine months ago I got the Galaxy Tab P1010, WiFi model. In this time, I was looking for a cheap tablet, and bought this. Two, three months later I was looking for an update, to Gingerbread (the lastest android in this time, because Samsung said no to honeycomb).
I didn't found. But on semptember, a tweet said that Gingerbread was coming in few weeks, wow, I was very excited, soo I waited... On 15st of octuber, ICS is launched, W-O-W. I was surprised by a very, very, very pretty Android.
In this time I was hoping for Samsung(lol), but, some weeks later, the surprise: Just the dual-core tablet will got.
But, I said: Oh no, but maybe someone on XDA will do this ROM, because the android 4 is open source.
November I installed the gingerbread by SamFirmwares, it was good but ICS is better! So, this time, I went on the forums searching and searching.
On december enough project was lauched, so I start to do a idiot thing: Ask for someone do the ROM, I learned the lesson(uff.).
In january, I saw a topic called for: Cyanongemod 7.2 and 9 for p1010. When I saw I think that was another guy asking if is disponible an update, but, was Motafoca saying that will do this. Wow! I spend months and months being a tester with PSO. It was nice, but who saids that it will be soo hard? Motafoca said that is the most difficult work on develop.
But, all this experience make me fell like a idiot. Why? Because Samsung launched Galaxy Tab 2, for the same price but with dual-core and honeycomb. Just Motafoca is working on this now, and... the question:
Do you, p1010 user, fell this way too?
Big text...
samcortez said:
Well, nine months ago I got the Galaxy Tab P1010, WiFi model. In this time, I was looking for a cheap tablet, and bought this. Two, three months later I was looking for an update, to Gingerbread (the lastest android in this time, because Samsung said no to honeycomb).
I didn't found. But on semptember, a tweet said that Gingerbread was coming in few weeks, wow, I was very excited, soo I waited... On 15st of octuber, ICS is launched, W-O-W. I was surprised by a very, very, very pretty Android.
In this time I was hoping for Samsung(lol), but, some weeks later, the surprise: Just the dual-core tablet will got.
But, I said: Oh no, but maybe someone on XDA will do this ROM, because the android 4 is open source.
November I installed the gingerbread by SamFirmwares, it was good but ICS is better! So, this time, I went on the forums searching and searching.
On december enough project was lauched, so I start to do a idiot thing: Ask for someone do the ROM, I learned the lesson(uff.).
In january, I saw a topic called for: Cyanongemod 7.2 and 9 for p1010. When I saw I think that was another guy asking if is disponible an update, but, was Motafoca saying that will do this. Wow! I spend months and months being a tester with PSO. It was nice, but who saids that it will be soo hard? Motafoca said that is the most difficult work on develop.
But, all this experience make me fell like a idiot. Why? Because Samsung launched Galaxy Tab 2, for the same price but with dual-core and honeycomb. Just Motafoca is working on this now, and... the question:
Do you, p1010 user, fell this way too?
Big text...
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wow, you seriously just said exactly what i feel since the moment i got my p1010. Samsung doesn't port ics to older devices, it just makes new devices so you HAVE to buy their products! and i really appreciate Motafoca for what he's doing for our near forgotten tab! no matter it's taking this long, but i believe he will give us a working cm7 in a few months! thanks for this thread samcortez!
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wow, you seriously just said exactly what i feel since the moment i got my p1010. Samsung doesn't port ics to older devices, it just makes new devices so you HAVE to buy their products! and i really appreciate Motafoca for what he's doing for our near forgotten tab! no matter it's taking this long, but i believe he will give us a working cm7 in a few months! thanks for this thread samcortez!
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And no Value Pack for us.
Picked up a Galaxy Tab about 3 weeks ago! But the touch screen started to freeze last night! So got a refund from Asda and just pre ordered a Galaxy Tab 2 from Carphone Warehouse for the same price I paid at Asda!
Even with the New one being released! Would have still been quite happy with the old one, if not for the fault!
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Picked up a Galaxy Tab about 3 weeks ago! But the touch screen started to freeze last night! So got a refund from Asda and just pre ordered a Galaxy Tab 2 from Carphone Warehouse for the same price I paid at Asda!
Even with the New one being released! Would have still been quite happy with the old one, if not for the fault!
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I'm happy with my tab too (except for freezing, looks like a phone, lagg of support etc....) but i don't want to buy a new device each time there's an android update, i just want to use 1 device for a long time WITH new firmwares. even the very first android device (i think the htc one) got an update quite fast after the release of ics. and this new tab ran on froyo till just a few weeks ago. im just feeling fooled by samsung by buying this device
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And no Value Pack for us.
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i now really begin to HATE samsung..
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klaasscho98 said:
i now really begin to HATE samsung..
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I really hate.
Why Samsung doesn't respect us?
Derp
This is the trend for all consumer electronic devices from all manufacturers. Nothing surprising at all.
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Well, i felt this way too after the first two weeks where u get good support from samsung, but after they treat u like dirt. And thats why we came to a much better and faster supporting update platform, called XDA Developers!
I dont give a **** on samsung and its updates, i got two samsung tablets p1000 running aokp #B36 and p6200(7.0 plus) with 3.2 stock.
So guess which one is running really smoother with more features?
Of Course my p1000 with aokp!!! Just to mention that the p6200 is actually double fast in hardware specs..
Guys, we got devs who really care, samsung is not even worth this post...
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It is samsung following Motorola steps.
It's just frustrating as really love my tab just wish there was some more devs working on it. I don't have the time to go near this kind of project myself.
Hehe my coding is even more rusty than my tab. But now prestigo are selling ics tabs for under €200 and spec is similar to our tab. Grrrrrr
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Themindbuddah said:
Picked up a Galaxy Tab about 3 weeks ago! But the touch screen started to freeze last night! So got a refund from Asda and just pre ordered a Galaxy Tab 2 from Carphone Warehouse for the same price I paid at Asda!
Even with the New one being released! Would have still been quite happy with the old one, if not for the fault!
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Got my Tab 2 7.0! Nice device! But except for the Dual Core and ICS its pretty much the same!
I got a Tab 7.0 plus. Nice device too but the same freakin bad support.. and we got only 1 active developing thread.. bad luck, i guess...
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Do you feel notable speed improvement over the original gtab with ics?
According to SamMobile tweet, Samsung delayed JB update for SGS3 to October:
Samsung delayed Jelly Bean updates s3 and s2 more news later... -- SamMobile (@SamMobiles)
October for s3 November for s2 #JellyBean -- SamMobile (@SamMobiles)
Same story every time..
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You'd have to be living in a cave to actually be surprised about a Samsung Firmware delay.
I trusted Samsung with theirs "Coming VERY soon" BS. Well, as usual it was just a bs. Thanks sammy.
at the end of the day you can call them icrap ipoo i this i that but at least when apple have an update its out its not delayed and everybody gets it, samsung just drag on and drag on, but for me jb is no biggie anyway its just a glorified ics with google now no more no less your not missing much imo
Heh how suprising...
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at the end of the day you can call them icrap ipoo i this i that but at least when apple have an update its out its not delayed and everybody gets it, samsung just drag on and drag on, but for me jb is no biggie anyway its just a glorified ics with google now no more no less your not missing much imo
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Well IOS has hardly changed from the flat basic OS it was 5 years ago so updates are easy, but at least Android keeps giving something new even though Samsung constantly mislead everyone.
I bet they based this on the highly unreliable story on cnet
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It's not like anyone should be surprised. Pure Google phones aside the Android OS updates system is absolutley ridiculous. It always has been and there is zero signs of that changing.
When you buy an Android phone you should really be buying on the assumption that it is not going to get the next version of Google's OS. You may get a few minor updates from the manufacturer but not the next version upgrade of Android. You should plan to be hapy with the OS it ships with for the 1 or 2 year life of the phone. If by some miracle it does get upgraded to the next Android version it's nothing more than a bonus.
Think like that and there will never be any dissappointment. If the latest and greatest OS beamed to you on or around day of release is high on your priority list you're on the wrong platform.
The latest leak is pretty solid. Sounds like BS me. Because I know everything you can rest assured it will be officially released before October.
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It's not like anyone should be surprised. Pure Google phones aside the Android OS updates system is absolutley ridiculous. It always has been and there is zero signs of that changing.
When you buy an Android phone you should really be buying on the assumption that it is not going to get the next version of Google's OS. You may get a few minor updates from the manufacturer but not the next version upgrade of Android. You should plan to be hapy with the OS it ships with for the 1 or 2 year life of the phone. If by some miracle it does get upgraded to the next Android version it's nothing more than a bonus.
Think like that and there will never be any dissappointment. If the latest and greatest OS beamed to you on or around day of release is high on your priority list your on the wrong platform.
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Except that you're on xda...
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So, if they release a half-arsed update on time, every single one of you will ***** and moan about how bad the update is.
If they delay it for a month to really work on it to iron out the bugs, you're still not satisfied because it's delayed. Oh my God, it's delayed, the world must come to an end now!
Quit whining for a second. Pretty please.
I call BS, and I second what lennyuk said.
This is a typical internet news story, somebody makes something up, everyone else copies it and swears it's true.
We all saw the big differences between LH4 and LI5 and that was only a matter of a few weeks, LI5 is more or less ready to go, I reckon a week, two tops.
"It's all in the game yo, all in the game..." - Omar Little
Well guys what is the problem?
We already have a VERY stable and fluid leak (XXDLI5). I've been using JB leaks for about 3 weeks and I couldn't be happier with how much of a "release-candidate-like" this last one is.
Stop whining and flash the leak, you're in XDA for a reason.
robogo1982 said:
So, if they release a half-arsed update on time, every single one of you will ***** and moan about how bad the update is.
If they delay it for a month to really work on it to iron out the bugs, you're still not satisfied because it's delayed. Oh my God, it's delayed, the world must come to an end now!
Quit whining for a second. Pretty please.
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Except they could do it on right time (very soon as they said) and with no bugs.
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Lennyuk said:
I bet they based this on the highly unreliable story on cnet
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Just tweeted them asking for where... I bet they did.
After the last "JB will come out on Note II release" I won't trust all that this time
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Astrofrigo said:
Well guys what is the problem?
We already have a VERY stable and fluid leak (XXDLI5). I've been using JB leaks for about 3 weeks and I couldn't be happier with how much of a "release-candidate-like" this last one is.
Stop whining and flash the leak, you're in XDA for a reason.
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Fluid you say... If that is fluid, then you must be blind. No offense.
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robogo1982 said:
So, if they release a half-arsed update on time, every single one of you will ***** and moan about how bad the update is.
If they delay it for a month to really work on it to iron out the bugs, you're still not satisfied because it's delayed. Oh my God, it's delayed, the world must come to an end now!
Quit whining for a second. Pretty please.
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theres no bugs in it because there releasing a galaxy s3 i3905 in september and it runs ok.. they wouldnt sell a phone that crashed all the time
PoHq said:
It's not like anyone should be surprised. Pure Google phones aside the Android OS updates system is absolutley ridiculous. It always has been and there is zero signs of that changing.
When you buy an Android phone you should really be buying on the assumption that it is not going to get the next version of Google's OS. You may get a few minor updates from the manufacturer but not the next version upgrade of Android. You should plan to be hapy with the OS it ships with for the 1 or 2 year life of the phone. If by some miracle it does get upgraded to the next Android version it's nothing more than a bonus.
Think like that and there will never be any dissappointment. If the latest and greatest OS beamed to you on or around day of release is high on your priority list you're on the wrong platform.
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Don't you think Odin version (Leaked firmwares) do nothing with this
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XXDLI5 is quite usable and fluid in my opinion. If the rumour is true, October isn't much of a delay is it? Bearing in most android devices, are still waiting for ICS.
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No doubt the delay is as usual related to bloatwiz. It certainly wouldn't do if Allshare cast and S Suggest weren't fully functional.
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JB for the Note II has been out for a while now. Note II specs are remarkably similar to SGN10.1 specs. JB with Note II multitasking competes well with W8. The current configuration not so much.
So, open letter to Samsung. Time to push out the JB OTA now! You are going to start losing SGN10.1 users to W8 devices. Get your act together and OTA us dammit. This is a new device. We should NOT be made to wait like this. Pisses us off and just bad business for you.
And if you are delaying us just so your W8 devices can get a foothold you are going to have some unhappy early adopters on your hands.
Get it done.
P.S., This post will solve nothing but It felt good to vent.
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mitchellvii said:
JB for the Note II has been out for a while now. Note II specs are remarkably similar to SGN10.1 specs. JB with Note II multitasking competes well with W8. The current configuration not so much.
So, open letter to Samsung. Time to push out the JB OTA now! You are going to start losing SGN10.1 users to W8 devices. Get your act together and OTA us dammit. This is a new device. We should NOT be made to wait like this. Pisses us off and just bad business for you.
And if you are delaying us just so your W8 devices can get a foothold you are going to have some unhappy early adopters on your hands.
Get it done.
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Thing are done allot different in tablet mode than in normal phone mode so the fact that the note II has same hardware as note 10.1 doesn't make it easy to make a jelly bean rom for it, the interface is completly different
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hoss_n2 said:
Thing are done allot different in tablet mode than in normal phone mode so the fact that the note II has same hardware as note 10.1 doesn't make it easy to make a jelly bean rom for it, the interface is completly different
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Nevertheless, its time to get 'er done. Samsung is making billions. Hire the software enginners and make it happen.
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How long should we wait,I support the open post:good:,bring it on Samsung,we have already paid you the price.
Sadly, I don't think Samsung listen to you.
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To those who would switch, it would most likely be a Samsung Ativ, so to Samsung it's the right pocket moving to the left and its still Samsung.
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relldroid said:
Sadly, I don't think Samsung listen to you.
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Probably not but still wanted to say it
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What concerns me is that we aren't even seeing any new test builds of the JB OTA with all the Note II goodies in them. You would think they would throw a few test builds out before the actual OTA release. Nothing on Sammy at all.
This makes me think we aren't even close.
just an fyi, but us americans aren't seeing some of the note 2 goodies on the note 2 yet. gotta wait on an update - no multiview is one.
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How long should we wait,I support the open post:good:,bring it on Samsung,we have already paid you the price.
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We paid the price for the ICS and it has been updated anything else is just yet to come when Samsung thinks it's ready and or the right time for them.
Yes, it's always a good idea to try to put pressure on a company to release software they don't think is ready. I mean, we all know they develop things and just wait and wait for no reason before releasing.
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We paid the price for the ICS and it has been updated anything else is just yet to come when Samsung thinks it's ready and or the right time for them.
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Sadly, we consumers "pay the price" whenever we don't buy stock Android.
I totally forgot about CM10 tho :thumbup:
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midas69 said:
Yes, it's always a good idea to try to put pressure on a company to release software they don't think is ready. I mean, we all know they develop things and just wait and wait for no reason before releasing.
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Yes we must pressure them. I have already withdrawn the invitations to my awesome birthday party.
Lol.
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Is this all apps or specific apps, if not, hope samsung releases whatever needs releasing to help third party app devs implement this feature on tw
Maybe we should start flooding their facebook site on the JB update.
sadly, i would bet 8/10 people have zero idea what operating version of android is running on the note currently out of the population that has it now. the general public is completely clueless when it
comes to android.
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I wouldn't expect JB out anytime soon, with 4.2 out last night Samsung probably has to start with the OS base all over again but if they had gotten to the apps then at least those are a quick copy paste but with less devs working on the S3 and Note 2 version as it is practically out we will probably see the update coming through in December late November unless they give us 4.1 and we wait for 4.2.
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My first generation note have come through allot of updates (2.3.3/ 2.3.6/4.0.3 /4.04 /4.04 with s3 touch wizard / and finally 4.11 jelly bean with full note 2 software features) I hope we will be treated the same way they treated the original note in terms of updates
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that depends on how many note 10.1 are sold note sold in millions and hence its still supported