Sony smartphones won't get Jelly Bean until next year

We may see Key Lime Pie before Sony gets even a taste of Jelly Bean.

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[karolus]

Google really needs to fix this. I would think through standards and modularization.

True. But how much of this is up to Google?

IIRC, one of the reasons the deal between Apple and Verizon fell through (the initial iPhone launch) was that Jobs was adamant about not letting the carrier interfere with the software. Unfortunately for Google, it appears that Jobs got the "deal of the century" insofar as this is concerned. I doubt another platform (such as Android) would get a deal like that now.

It's a real shame, and I wonder, if besides the carrier-mandated crapware, the main motivation is to keep customers on the upgrade path. Sell gimped phones, then the next-generation gimped phone at the next contract renewal.

 

[karolus]

Apple is worse than Google regarding update support. Manufacturers are free to update their phones to any new version of Android they wish. When do you think the iPhone 3G (not 3Gs) will be getting the iOS 6 update? 'nough said.

Can't blame Apple for this.

A similar scenario would be like trying to run Windows 8 on a Pentium system, and then blaming Microsoft for abysmal performance. That is precisely what Apple is trying to avoid.