Google should be taking a different approach to mobile OS fragmentation and save themselves a big headache.
…Android, for all intents and purposes, IS Linux. Thee is NO reason a G1, HTC Hero, mytouch3g, Droid or ANY of the phones should not be able to work on Android 2.1. It’s not THAT different than 1.5 or 1.6. In fact, there is a youtube video with the G1 running a hacked version of 2.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA0JjI0NnpMIf you have run CyanogenMod, you have already enjoyed parts of the 2.1 rom. Current CyanogenMod has the desk clock from 2.1 and other pieces. PLUS Cyanogen has enabled it so you can run part of the root file system (usually resides entirely on ROM) on the SD card. I have 2 gigs of storage on my SD dedicated for applications via this method. There is NO REASON that this could not be implemented in a stock rom (have the phone format the partitions on the SD card on initial setup).
I agree they need to move everyone to 2.1. This would allow 90 percent of the apps to run on any Android phone. The problem we have now is:
Google Maps with navigation will not install or run on android…
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Should Google De-Frag Android, Get All Phones on 2.1?
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