Is Ice Cream Sandwich Out Yet? ⇥

Vlad Savov:

[W]e’re sat watching as a two-stage software update roadmap develops. One is for Google’s own, the Xooms and the Nexuses of the world, and the other is for everyone else, leaving Android phone owners at the mercy of quixotic phone makers and myopic carriers.

Carriers are aren’t worried, manufactures can’t be bothered, and Google is too busy to care, so the user loses. They’re not just losing out on new APIs and the new user interface, but also on important bug and security fixes. Rooting simply isn’t a viable option for most users. Everyone needs to step up and deliver here.