famousringo said:
rocketpig said:
binary solo said:
I don't think Google or handset makers have done a good job of selling the Android phone ecosystem to business. When in fact it's easier customisability actually makes it a better option. |
In theory, yes. In practical application, no. The amount of time a company spends to pay their IT department to work with different OS skins, vastly different hardware capabilities, and different OS versions outweighs any customization options Android offers the user. The short support lifespan of an Android device makes it difficult to keep all users on similar hardware and the same OS. Even though iOS can be a real pain in the ass at times, the fact that four years of phones can upgrade to the same OS is a HUGE time-saver for IT departments.
All Google has to do is force the same skin on all phones, force more consistent OS update schedules, and most of their problems vanish overnight. The only issue is whether they're going to start strong-arming some of their third party vendors to make this happen.
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Other vendors? Maybe. But I don't think Google is in a position to strongarm Samsung into doing anything. Any attempt to force the issue would probably lead to a new Android fork.
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True. It may be too late for Google to reverse this momentum. They should have started off with a more hard-line approach to vendor skinning. It wouldn't have hurt their business. Phone manufacturers still need a phone OS and if Google stayed on top of updates and provided a free operating system, vendors would still have used Android. It beats paying Microsoft to use their (until recently) extremely lackluster mobile offerings.
