Android now 2nd best-selling smartphone in the world

[salaminizer]

mrstickball said:

salaminizer said:

a bit off-topic, but is it worth getting an Android device even if it won't be officially updated (it's a 2.1, but Motorola apparently won't update ANY existing smartphone to 2.2 in Latin America)?

As long as its 2.1 or better, your good. I would note that you can root your phone to get the updates in unofficial areas as needed.

The biggest and most important changes were made from 1.5 to 1.6, then from 1.6 to 2.1. 2.2 is great (my phone got the upgrade a few days back), but its not something earth-shattering that would give you an inferior product if you couldn't have it.

The most important aspect, IMO, is to get a good phone...Regardless of the OS behind it. Anything around the 1ghz range like a Nexus One is going to run fast, and play most games.

an 1ghz is a tad too expensive here in Brazil. the Galaxy S, for example, is in the 900 dollars range (but I suppose I wouldn't need to change my phone for quite some time if I spent that much lol). I'm not really interested in watching stuff (playing would be nice but that's not the defining feature), and I was actually tempted by the Flipout due to its very small size. however, the screen is 1/4 (or 1/2) the size of the other screens, so I believe it would be completely useless for most of the apps/games. here we have the Cliq XT too (it was renamed to Quench), but that one is stuck in 1.5 and the RAM is half of the Flipout with doubled screen size.

I obviously wouldn't mind a phone hampered by the hardware, but if 2.1 is good enough I'll think about the phones we have available now. (and apparently the Flipout's got a few of the 2.2 features too)