Android 5 Lollipop coming to the Venue 8 7840 Tablet On April 21st.

[Willy_P]

According to a post from Dell Liaison Terry B, Android 5 Lollipop is expected to be released for the Venue 8 7840 on April 21st. I hope it's 5.1 but the latest post I saw regarding the version number indicated it would be 5.01.

 

[ozz007]

Yes I hope is 5.1 I don't have any issues right now and I want to stay the same.

 

[Laualie]

Thanks for following this Willy. Here's hoping it happens!

 

[mep1127]

I hope that's true. I've been following that post as well and they've been constantly pushing back dates.

 

[cpolism]

Here we all sit on 4/20, and it's not looking good.

 

[TheFanza]

Weird enough, on the official page of the device ( it doesn't allow me to post the link ) it says:

"Latest technology: Dell Venue 8 comes with the latest Android™ 5.0 Lollipop® operating system, enabled for Android for Work, so you can expect stronger security, immediate syncing across devices, more flexible device sharing, longer battery life and easy access to quick settings."

Is this new?

 

[cpolism]

Weird enough, on the official page of the device ( it doesn't allow me to post the link ) it says:

"Latest technology: Dell Venue 8 comes with the latest Android™ 5.0 Lollipop® operating system, enabled for Android for Work, so you can expect stronger security, immediate syncing across devices, more flexible device sharing, longer battery life and easy access to quick settings."

Is this new?

It also said that when they announced the Venue 10" a few weeks back. So it sounds like it's just a marketing mistake.

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[TheFanza]

"Mistake" eheh...

 

[paul foster]

Nothing here so far 2:00pm April 21...

Gonna go tweek my 1981 cb750.....something I can control

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[Jeffro Bodine]

Terry at Dell just delayed the OTA...again. 4th month in a row. What a bunch of liars.

 

[sschimel]

Terry at Dell just delayed the OTA...again. 4th month in a row. What a bunch of liars.

 

[sschimel]

Just spoke to tech support at 1-800-308-3355 was told that Lollipop started rolling out today but may take a few days to reach everyone. She even put me on hold to check with her supervisor who confirmed it.

 

[ozz007]

I don't mind the delay as long it doesn't breaks the usability of the tablet.

 

[DanRyb]

Her supervisor must be misinformed. Announced on an ongoing thread since January on Dell's support forums that it's been delayed yet again. What a mistake buying this thing.

 

[mep1127]

This is ridiculous. I really like this tablet, but the way dell has gone about with this tablet is terrible. Consistently pushing back a promised update... Shows dell's support. Too bad I'm stuck with this tablet now.

 

[ozz007]

The tablet works as it is. Do you want a working tablet or a rush update that breaks it.
We all seen the horror stories with Samsung updates when they rush them.

Yes the update will be nice, and its coming. Prefer something stable than a rush untested update.

 

[paul foster]

Patience folks....remember the guts is intel which is unusual for android OS.

Recently (this week) 1password fixed a syncing bug which was unique to Intel / android builds . it took agile bits at least 10 weeks.

the tablet has plenty going for it and lollipop is not that much better than KitKat. I have a nexus 4 and a nexus 7 with lollipop already. Its no big deal. Stable kit Kat is just fine.

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[paul foster]

Things could be worse,..............iOS for example

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[Jeffro Bodine]

I disagree. This tablet ships with only 8GB of useable storage space. The move to SD function is disabled under Kit Kat. The lollipop build would have re-enabled the move to SD function. At the moment I am out of storage space. Ridiculous.

 

[mep1127]

I disagree. This tablet ships with only 8GB of useable storage space. The move to SD function is disabled under Kit Kat. The lollipop build would have re-enabled the move to SD function. At the moment I am out of storage space. Ridiculous.

Exactly.