Original Droid gets an update today wow there being backed up, why aren't is fascinate user being treated the same
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Just had to say it
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I'm talking about stock non rooted users
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Sammy just LOVES us. *sigh*
Samsung Fascinate, Verizon
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Samsung Fascinate, Verizon
EB01 Superclean 2.4
Kenesis' TransMyst GBKB (EPIIIIIC)
Mob87's Honeycomb Theme
Stock Kernel
Its a Droid. Its was also the leading Android phone for Verizon.
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Fascinate is still the best.
Samsung Fascinate, Verizon
EB01 Superclean 2.4
Kenesis' TransMyst GBKB (EPIIIIIC)
Mob87's Honeycomb Theme
Stock Kernel
Samsung Fascinate, Verizon
EB01 Superclean 2.4
Kenesis' TransMyst GBKB (EPIIIIIC)
Mob87's Honeycomb Theme
Stock Kernel
OG Droid was built to be hackable...
Fascinate was built to be such a pain to dev for that Samsung can't even do it in a timely fashion...
Fascinate was built to be such a pain to dev for that Samsung can't even do it in a timely fashion...
The way it looks, things should be much easier for Samsung from here on out. It appears that when they originally released the SGS lineup, they had a separate dev team for each model they released. This is why the Eclair stuff is such a mess, as the teams didn't seem to talk to each other, and instead re-invented the wheel several times when they didn't have to.
With the Froyo releases, it looks like there is just one dev team working on all of the SGS phones, so any updates build on top of what was already released, and the software is more unified. This could also explain why they are taking much longer to release updates for Froyo, but hopefully it also helps us get the most stable release they have since we're one of the last devices to get updated. I'd also think that they're nearly done with Froyo since GB was leaked for the i9000, so they've started moving on already.
With the Froyo releases, it looks like there is just one dev team working on all of the SGS phones, so any updates build on top of what was already released, and the software is more unified. This could also explain why they are taking much longer to release updates for Froyo, but hopefully it also helps us get the most stable release they have since we're one of the last devices to get updated. I'd also think that they're nearly done with Froyo since GB was leaked for the i9000, so they've started moving on already.
Good hypothesis hopefully it comes to a point where roms for galaxy s devices are interchangeable by just making slight adjustments to the ril portion of the rom.
Well, hate to sound negative on my first post...lol...but I JUST got two Fascinate's today to replace two Droids. Kind of a shame that someone either on the Samsung side or the Verizon side is dropping the ball. How come there are no stories on some of our illustrious gadget blogs about this? Are there just not enough Fascinate owners?
The screen blows away anything Verizon has out right now, with the exception of the iphone 4, and I would say there's a good argument for a tie or Fascinate wins.
The Droids were troopers, went through 3 replacements to tell the truth, but to hear they get updates....oh well.
The Fascinate is SO much snappier even on stock 2.1 update-whatever. Now, let's be realistic though, I got the Droids because I could put what I wanted on them, and I AVOIDED Droid 2 and Droid X because I couldn't. (Don't give me the crap about Droid X root stuff...not the same as full Rom love).
The Droid though just got a Gingerbread release, for ROOTERS. And we have Superclean, and many themes. Not as many as Droid users, but like I said, you can tell the difference between the two phones.
The Droid stock gallery takes like 30 seconds to load every time. Ouch. It was great for it's day, happy to see it's being supported, but there are only two companies to go with now IMO. HTC or Samsung. Thunderbolt will be around someday...but many of us won't have 4G for a long time.
I give a round of applause to the few dedicated devs and users who have tried to keep guides/roms/themes, etc. etc. current. As long as we have them, I'm not worried about whatever corporate idiots are forgetting us. Thanks for the hard work!!
The screen blows away anything Verizon has out right now, with the exception of the iphone 4, and I would say there's a good argument for a tie or Fascinate wins.
The Droids were troopers, went through 3 replacements to tell the truth, but to hear they get updates....oh well.
The Fascinate is SO much snappier even on stock 2.1 update-whatever. Now, let's be realistic though, I got the Droids because I could put what I wanted on them, and I AVOIDED Droid 2 and Droid X because I couldn't. (Don't give me the crap about Droid X root stuff...not the same as full Rom love).
The Droid though just got a Gingerbread release, for ROOTERS. And we have Superclean, and many themes. Not as many as Droid users, but like I said, you can tell the difference between the two phones.
The Droid stock gallery takes like 30 seconds to load every time. Ouch. It was great for it's day, happy to see it's being supported, but there are only two companies to go with now IMO. HTC or Samsung. Thunderbolt will be around someday...but many of us won't have 4G for a long time.
I give a round of applause to the few dedicated devs and users who have tried to keep guides/roms/themes, etc. etc. current. As long as we have them, I'm not worried about whatever corporate idiots are forgetting us. Thanks for the hard work!!
Certainly seems to me Sammy is out of manpower to support all their products: many galaxy s variants, nexus s, s2, etc. It would appear they over extended the firmware team. All adds up since Korean companies run very lean on manpower to start with.
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I've learned to not go near Samsung phones personally. No offense to their users.
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That's a completely unfounded assumption. Samsung Electronics is the 32nd largest company in the world and has 187,800 employees.
Plus, it should be way easier for Samsung to update their phones than other companies. Most manufacturers make totally different phone models for different carriers, with different specs - not just different radios and some cosmetic changes. But with all Samsung phones sharing one common hardware platform, it should be easy in comparison.
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What should be, and what is, are rarely the same.
You could be the largest mobile company in the world, and if you don't devote enough resources (or enough competent ones), they will be swamped. Size of company has nothing to do with it.
Samsung is in the business of selling hardware. Software is not their forte, and they don't make any money hurrying their butts up on Froyo or Gingerbread. Instead, it costs them money. As long as consumers buy their devices and their profit margin isn't dropping, they will continue to drag ass. Bad business, but they are jerks. What can ya do?
Answer with your wallet.
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