Xperia X10 to get Android 2.3 this summer, makes us rub our eyes in disbelief -- Engadget
“Who’s in charge of Sony Ericsson today and what did they do with the old crew? Reversing a previous statement saying there’ll be no Android updates for its Xperia X10 family beyond Eclair, SE has just announced that it’ll bring Gingerbread to the X10 at the end of Q2 / start of Q3 this year.”
My friend Drew, via Reader:
As a consumer I see device lifecycle support is the biggest weakness in just about all of the smartphone industry. The carriers don’t care about the consumer once the initial sale happens and the manufacturers are powerless to make change because the carriers are the gatekeeper to the in-market phones.
If a consumer does finally get blessed with a late-term update from their carrier at what cost does happen? Probably a full wipe of all user settings, content, whatever. The release notes may advise a full backup before installing but what for percentage of users is that an actionable task yet alone reading those notes in the first place. People are struggling to do basic tasks like “use the camera” and this is what we give them?
