Still waiting for Eclair
Yo may remember my previous post about my the wide range of custom ROM’s available for the HTC Hero, whose makers were instrumental in enabling the humble Hero-sian a taste of one of the finer treats in the Android Patisserie, eclair. (They should definitely name a future release cheesecake, that would, err, put the icing on the cake?)
Nom, nom, nom..
Months on, however, HTC have still not released an office 2.1/Eclair update for the Hero platform, nor have they provided (i.e let slip) an updated 2.1 dump for the cooks to play with. No doubt this is because of the release of the Nexus, Legend and Bravo, so as not to steal their thunder, but I’m betting it’s because they just don’t care. And why should they? In this day and age of Lacoste, Guiness and Apple fanboy-ism, brand loyalty means nothing….. right?
But who am I to complain right? I’ve heard the tired old argument about manufacturers releasing devices to the market with a whole lot of push and marketing to get buyers, then stopping support/upgrade path for them soon after release. Many do it, look at Samsung (the Galaxy fizzled and died as soon as hit the shelf), and from what I’ve seen support from Acer for the Liquid has been no better. But after all, HTC is no different to any other company, they exist for the money and I guess we shouldn’t expect more.
She’s “cool”, Apple win.. HTC, on the other hand.. don’t.
This will most certainly be my last £0/fee per month contract phone though. I love it, but 18 months with one device is just too long. In the future, I’ll foot the ~£500 price tag for a new phone and sell it six months later for £300 repeating the process over again.
Ashamedly, I realise that my lust for new hardware and device happiness has the equal effect of giving the manufacturer exactly what they want, and keeping them happy… many times over.
Tags: Android, Eclair (2.0)
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