Here’s a slightly odd coincidence. Motorola and Sony Ericsson have both launched separate explanations of the issues involved in updating their phone ranges to Android 4.0, with the two companies putting out long-winded explanations of how the OS update process works from start to final release.
Sony Ericsson’s Android 4.0 process walkthrough is here. Is uses phrases like “Bring up phase” and “legacy code.” Motorola’s is slightly less informative and can be read here. It says things like “Customer pre-release” and is easier to understand for the layman.
Both are very interesting indeed, although they also read like slightly apologetic explanations of how hard and complex the process is and why we should be a bit more patient – and stop whining at them on Facebook for updates.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
hecatae
/ December 7, 2011loving the motorola link you’ve given
Gary_C
/ December 7, 2011I bet you worked it out in the end
MarkG
/ December 7, 2011Good insight into what has to occur. They genuinely aren’t bullshitting or making excuses, I work in a similar industry and see similar amounts of red tape when working with radio equipment and network providors.
However I do feel it’s paving the way for some bad news, that Jan 1st is not a reasonable expectation….