Saturday, July 7, 2012

Android: The cable guy analogy




My Motorola Xyboard.


(Credit: Brooke Crothers)

Let's see, it's 5:00 and the cable guy was supposed to show up at 1:00. And, oh yeah, where's my Android update?


I hear Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) is great. I've been hearing how great ICS is since October (when it was released).


Which is about the same time I got my Motorola Xyboard (aka, Xoom 2) -- with Honeycomb. You know, Android 3.0, the old version of Android.


Think about it. Motorola announced a brand-new tablet design just as ICS was coming out but saddled it with Honeycomb.


So, I've been waiting.


It wasn't exactly encouraging when Motorola posted a schedule of upcoming updates last year showing the 10.1-inch Xyboard ICS update slated for "early Q3 2012."


When I first saw this I thought, wait, don't you mean Q1? Somebody must be getting their quarters mixed up.


Now I hear the ICS update is finally ready and "runs extremely smooth."


Like I said, I hear Ice Cream Sandwich is great. Motorola is not officially offering the upgrade yet. (I check for official updates constantly.) <... [Read more]




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