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bydaninaustin ( 985354 ) writes:
MS has a habit of abandoning devices. Maybe that's a reason so few people want their phones.
byPope Hagbard ( 3897945 ) writes:
On the other hand, Android mfrs tend to either provide just 1-2 updates or not at all, and those phones sell pretty well.
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byBlaskowicz ( 634489 ) writes:
RT a.k.a. Metro is an emulation layer already? it's about running touchy apps on .NET, or html/javascript. So the compatibilty seems easy and they can quietly update a few things behind the scene (.NET version, Metro/RT libraries)
byBlaskowicz ( 634489 ) writes:
Indeed that's what happened to Silverlight, they built a better Flash than Flash but people weren't interested.
RT may live on (as runtime not OS) for some people who want to run tablet/phone apps as long as they don't miss the one for the train company, the bank and so on.
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bydanbob999 ( 2490674 ) writes:
Android provides incremental updates. Microsoft tend to break the compatibility either completely (like from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone 7) or mostly (like from Windows Phone 7 to 8, and now 8 to 10).
Android updates are comparable to updates from WP7 to 7.5 to 7.8 or 8 to 8.1
byJackieBrown ( 987087 ) writes:
Most apps are not dependent on the updated android OS version so it's less of an issue. I had a windows 5 phone bought when windows 6 phones were already out. Shame on me for not doing my homework, but almost every app I was interested in required (not preferred) Windows 6.
bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
The key difference is Android isn't broken out of the box. Windows RT was. People are tolerating the device hoping things will change whereas on the flip side many Android users don't want to change.
I'm hotly anticipating the next version of Windows to fix the clusterfuck that is 8.1 I'm sure the people with Windows gimp edition errr I mean RT were anticipating it even more.
byPope Hagbard ( 3897945 ) writes:
Android back around 2.0/2.1 was fairly crap out of the box. It got better, but it was overall inferior to iOS when I got my old Droid.
byPope Hagbard ( 3897945 ) writes:
If. Most people don't buy Nexi.
bysteelfood ( 895457 ) writes:
A phone is not a tablet. For most people, phones get replaced once every two years. While tablets are not like computers who have a lifetime of upwards of 7 years, they're in between, around 4 or 5.
And the developer base is different too. The moment Vista came out, people began migrating their applications off XP. But developers were until fairly recently still developing with Gingerbread in mind.
byPope Hagbard ( 3897945 ) writes:
I think you'll find that Android tablets are just as poorly-supported for updates as phones.
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