Popular Android modder takes job with Samsung Mobile The creator of one of the most popular Android modification kits has taken a job as a software engineer with Samsung's mobile device unit. Steve Kondik, the hobbyist hacker behind CyanogenMod software, confirmed the appointment with Samsung Mobile on his Facebook page and to several bloggers. “I will be working on making …
"He'll make Samsung's version better, I doubt any of these improvements will be sent back to Google to improve the base OS.
That's the whole problem with Android OEMs, it's all about what they can get, not what they can give back"
You've nailed it for me with that comment. The best way to continue to make Android the most relevant OS on the Market is to have all manufacturers contribute back to the baseOS whilst being given credit for their contributions. This will not only allow for a much cleaner installation as well as faster updates but it should also allow for the OS to grow better faster.
"The best way to continue to make Android the most relevant OS on the Market is to have all manufacturers contribute back to the baseOS whilst being given credit for their contributions."
In an ideal world, yes. The problem is that the manufacturers see their contributions as the only real differentiation they have in the sea of identical looking (and specified) handsets.
As such, they don't want credit, they want people to buy their phone over another manufacturer. Passing anything back to Google will be seen as giving their competition a leg up.
"With Google's purchase of Motorola's mobile division for a whopping $12.5bn, competing manufacturers are scrambling to find ways to remain relevant. "
Says who? All these competing manufacturers seem very supportive of the Google takeover, and all their shares jumped significantly off the back of it.
This just seems to be following the Microsoft remit. Last year El-Reg were told to badmouth Sony, this year, Microsoft's new target is Google and Microsoft are instructing their media mouthpieces to badmouth anything Google related.
There all the same, get the item that does the job for you and stop being so closed mind (of course if you are Droidboi you will be open source minded).
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned"
Agreed, it's just a phone. My SGS does what I need it to now and does it very well. I know there's better phones out there, always is. I don't care and won't care until this phone breaks or my contract comes up for renewal.
I do find it amusing that buyers of electronics expect any kind of loyalty from manufacturers. I expect it's due to their lack of understanding of how to run profitable businesses.
"One of the chief complaints from Android users is the considerable time it takes for many carriers to offer updates for the Google operating system." "So it seems especially cruel that users with contracts from Verizon and other providers are forced to use woefully out-of-date Android versions unless they customize their devices using CyanogenMod or other kits."
Yea you're right. They should keep investing in devices soon to be legacy just to appeal to a few nerds who are broke instead of new devices released every 6 months with improved hardware and technology that appeals to the money spending masses.
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