According to all the rumors concerning Android 3.0 coming out later this year, Google is completely revamping the Android user interface.
A couple years ago when Android was young, Google encouraged phone manufactures to produce their own user interface such as HTC Sense and MotoBlur. Now that Google is now taking charge in the user interface of Android, there will no longer be any need for manufactures UI's.
A great reason why Android phones are starting to become fragmented (not all phones are updated to the latest Android OS) are because of both hardware limitations and the manufactures user interface incorporated into the phone. Android 3.0 supposedly will remove all manufacture UI's out of the phones and run only Android 3.0 if your phone has the minimal specs, which most versions of Android never required. This will keep the low end Android phones at only Android 2.1 and 2.2 and the higher ends moving on to Android 3.0.
Of course, these are all rumors, but they are being widely spread on multiple websites for discussion such as the tech giant, Engadget.
Here are a few sources I have found concerning this:
Android 3.0 Gingerbread getting revamped UI, Froyo living on for lower-end phones? -- Engadget
Android 3.0 Gingerbread details: 1280?760 resolution, 1Ghz minimum specs, mid-Oct. release ? Unwired View
Google May Nuke Custom UIs in Android 3.0
DailyTech - Android 3.0 "Gingerbread" Launches Q4, Will Kill Off OEM UI "Skins"
What are you're thoughts on this?
A couple years ago when Android was young, Google encouraged phone manufactures to produce their own user interface such as HTC Sense and MotoBlur. Now that Google is now taking charge in the user interface of Android, there will no longer be any need for manufactures UI's.
A great reason why Android phones are starting to become fragmented (not all phones are updated to the latest Android OS) are because of both hardware limitations and the manufactures user interface incorporated into the phone. Android 3.0 supposedly will remove all manufacture UI's out of the phones and run only Android 3.0 if your phone has the minimal specs, which most versions of Android never required. This will keep the low end Android phones at only Android 2.1 and 2.2 and the higher ends moving on to Android 3.0.
Of course, these are all rumors, but they are being widely spread on multiple websites for discussion such as the tech giant, Engadget.
Here are a few sources I have found concerning this:
Android 3.0 Gingerbread getting revamped UI, Froyo living on for lower-end phones? -- Engadget
Android 3.0 Gingerbread details: 1280?760 resolution, 1Ghz minimum specs, mid-Oct. release ? Unwired View
Google May Nuke Custom UIs in Android 3.0
DailyTech - Android 3.0 "Gingerbread" Launches Q4, Will Kill Off OEM UI "Skins"
What are you're thoughts on this?