Saw this earlier from John Gruber (DaringFireball).
John’s right and that’s just sad…
The truth is that Ice Cream Sandwich — which I believe is the first truly significant improvement to Android since it debuted — is effectively a preview of next year’s Android for the mass market. – @gruber
When a new operating system for a device is released, it should be available to the devices capable of running that OS similar to Apple’s platform, however ,for Android that just doesn’t seem to be the case. This is at the feet of the carriers for any blame. The BS practice of putting an overlay on top of the base operating system completely destroys the true functionality and unnecessarily delays a roll out if not stops it in its tracks anytime a mobile OS (other than iOS) is updated. Load of crap that the carriers use to force users to upgrade thereby locking them into another 2 year contract…
Coming off CES this is blatantly obvious. There were a ton of new Android devices shows, but very, VERY few mentioned or were demoed Ice Cream Sandwich. Well other than “we promise an upgrade”…
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