{"id":115429,"date":"2009-12-30T12:37:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T17:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=88700"},"modified":"2009-12-30T12:37:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T17:37:03","slug":"why-galaxy-users-should-demand-android-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/115429","title":{"rendered":"Why Galaxy Users Should Demand Android 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>The new Samsung Galaxy has garnered positive reviews<\/a> as a worthy competitor in the era of high-tech superphones. But it won’t be getting the latest version of Google’s Android operating system, according to a report today from The Register<\/a>. So why would any informed shopper opt for the gadget over a device that can run the most recent OS?<\/p>\n

Galaxy users should demand the latest version of Google’s OS, because they’ll be missing out on some pretty cool features: Android 2.0, which first came to market<\/a> with the Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless just two months after the Galaxy appeared, includes a host of upgrades<\/a> such as camera and browser improvements and vastly improved messaging and contact features. Android 2.0 will likely hit<\/a> Verizon’s Droid Eris from HTC early next year, and rumors have the latest version of the platform being readied<\/a> for T-Mobile USA’s G1.<\/p>\n

The Galaxy launched in September and is available through O2 in the UK as well as Canadian carrier Bell. O2 appeared to confirm that the device won’t receive an upgrade via an e-mail to a customer, saying Samsung is “currently not supporting a migration path…to Android 2.0.” (O2 later told El Reg that the e-mail should not have been sent.) Firmware updates are routinely delivered by carriers to mobile phones over the air, and users are often not even aware when the handset receives it. (Although as Stacey can tell you<\/a>, that’s not always the case.)<\/p>\n