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Munkeh111 on 14 November 2010
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Squilliam said:
Munkeh111 said:

Did you actually read the Goldman Sach's article?

Anyway, this is contrary to what other reports have been saying, but I don't think it has done enough to disrupt the iPhone or Android very much

@ squilliam, even with the different skins, they are still based on Android and even if it does mean that my phone looks different to my friends despite us running the same version, we can still do pretty much the same things, and the Android marketplace is still the same

It breaks compatibility with apps and it is the start of their differentiating the OS. HTC for instance didn't mention Android when they unveiled their new phone lineup. They said "Heres our new phones" etc. It is the start of their paring back the use of the additional Google features and rolling their own. They want it so that you buy an HTC phone not an Android phone.

It doesn't break compatibility with apps, it does mean that they are slower to update (I'm just getting 2.1 on my x10); but the hardware manufactures are also making software and they want that loyalty. They are still based on Android, the hardware manufactures are doing nothing other than putting the sprinklings on top (and putting in some bloatware...)