How long once Gingerbread is out before our Evo gets it?

[oversight]

Man gone a day and this thread has taken off!.
What's interesting is.. gingerbread isn't even out yet and they show off a demo of honeycomb? Makes me wonder if gingerbread really isn't much of an update?.

Perhaps the Froyo and Gingerbread releases are simply stepping stones to get the OS ready for it's next major evolution. I think they've also suggested that Honeycomb was intended more for high end devices and tablets, with the GB line intended for the more common devices.

Will be interesting to see how things play out at CES next month.

 

[oversight]

just improve the battery life and let us all use our phones as we should be able too and i'll be happy with 2.3.

The Achilles heel of smartphone devices. The OS'es and hardware are getting better and less power hungry, but they still have a long way to go. It's unfortunate that battery technology hasn't evolved as rapidly as wireless phones.

 

[Mark_in_Tulsa]

Only the Nexus One.

How long has the G1 been around (Q4'08)? Backatcha, aside from the N1, how many HTC Android devices have had multiple official Android OS upgrades before the next hot device hits the market.

Much less, across all Android handset mfgs, how many have pushed multiple official OS updates to their devices?

Like it or not, that's the reality of the wireless handset biz.

OK the G1 started out at 1.0 then got 1.5 then got 1.6.
So it did get more than 1 upgrade. But it physically can't handle anything higher. (unless rooted)
But when you look at the next generation of Android phones (2.0+) there haven't been any real examples to say that HTC doesn't do more than 1 updates.

Now tho we have several phones who can handle all these new features in these software updates. Evo started out at 2.1, got 2.2, and can definitely handle the 2.3 update, and from what we know can handle Honeycomb 3.0.

What has stopped some phones from being updated is that the phone has just become obsolete and or doesn't have the hardware to handle these updates.

 

[oversight]

Lol, you mean the Evo won't get 2.3 before Google's Nexus One?

Uh, I doubt it's going to take four months for Sprint/HTC to have Gingerbread ready for the Evo. As a previous poster stated, it only took about two months for us to get Froyo on the Evo. And you really think Sprint would suddenly stop supporting their number one phone before it's even a year old? Use some common sense man.

So, if that's true, give me a list of HTC devices that have received more than one official OS update during the life span of the device? The only one I can think of is the Nexus One. How many other HTC devices are still waiting for their FROYO updates? The only reason the EVO received the update as quickly as it did was because it hit the market at he same time FROYO was released.

The EVO is a six month old phone. Like it or not, HTC is shifting its focus to new devices and the EVO will fall farther down on the priority list for updates.

BTW, my 'common sense' stems from years of working in the wireless world, with smartphones of all types, and observing the update pattern of the manufacturers and carriers.

 

[oversight]

OK the G1 started out at 1.0 then got 1.5 then got 1.6.
So it did get more than 1 upgrade. But it physically can't handle anything higher. (unless rooted)
But when you look at the next generation of Android phones (2.0+) there haven't been any real examples to say that HTC doesn't do more than 1 updates.

Now tho we have several phones who can handle all these new features in these software updates. Evo started out at 2.1, got 2.2, and can definitely handle the 2.3 update, and from what we know can handle Honeycomb 3.0.

What has stopped some phones from being updated is that the phone has just become obsolete and or doesn't have the hardware to handle these updates.

I don't see it as a question whether the hardware can handle the update. I agree that the EVO can probably handle all the feats of 2.3, and perhaps a good chunk of Honeycomb. My question is whether HTC and Sprint will invest the time, resources and money to prep an EVO edition of 2.3...or do they shift focus to the next gen devices.

I think the G1 was kind of an oddball device, first to offer Android, and that that time the OS was evolving at light speed...now we're at maybe half light Also that it had the market to itself for quite awhile made it prime as showcase for the new features (much like the Nexus One is today).

 

[squiggie]

Well first of all the gingerbread that gets pushed will not look like stock gingerbread anyways, as HTC sense will be all up in it. But at least you get all the performance boosts and stuff.

Evo will get gingerbread, whether its through sprint or (for me at least) cyanogen mod.

Ill guess late january, early feb stock evo owners will have 2.3
But ill be rocking it relatively quick with cyanogen mod

First, CM won't even begin working on a release until source is released. Second, CM is quick at releases, yes, but not great enough to put aside 4G and HDMI. These are major features of the phone and are crippled by CM. Not what the "majority" of the population is interested in. Especially for paying $10 extra for 4G unlimited data.

 

[neslorelyks]

Nexus S for my birthday!

Dec. 16th is my birthday and man oh man a nexus s would sure be a great present!

 

[kamtsa]

HOLDONACOTTONPICKINGMINUTE!!! You mean to tell me 2.3 has no Hologram support?

Not in the stock 2.3. You will need to install a $1.99 app for that.

 

[Mdorty]

So, if that's true, give me a list of HTC devices that have received more than one official OS update during the life span of the device? The only one I can think of is the Nexus One. How many other HTC devices are still waiting for their FROYO updates? The only reason the EVO received the update as quickly as it did was because it hit the market at he same time FROYO was released.

The EVO is a six month old phone. Like it or not, HTC is shifting its focus to new devices and the EVO will fall farther down on the priority list for updates.

BTW, my 'common sense' stems from years of working in the wireless world, with smartphones of all types, and observing the update pattern of the manufacturers and carriers.

I'm not basing my reasoning on other phones, I'm basing it on the Evo. Sprint finally has a top of the line phone that's selling incredibly well. So yeah, it makes total sense that they would suddenly drop it and no longer update it at all after 6-8 months. They haven't even come close to releasing another top of the line android phone on Sprint, so it's not like something will come around in a few months to replace the Evo.

Lol, your two years as a sales associate at a kiosk in the mall gives you more authority and opinion than the rest of us. I'm pretty sure the rest of us can see the update patterns of carriers just as easily as you can. I'm not arguing that some times some phones get left by the wayside, but Sprint has a lot invested in the Evo, they're still advertising it hardcore. It wouldn't make any sense for them to drop it.

 

[extremenet]

Hero all over again

As much as I would love Gingerbread on my EVO, I'm not going to hold my breath for it.

I had previously owned the HTC Hero, which took HTC/Sprint several months (and numerous delays) to update from 1.6 to 2.1, at which point they basically dropped support. They announced there would be no 2.2 update for the Hero. The phone had not even been out a year and was definitely capable of running 2.2, but they chose not to put the effort into it since they had a newer, faster device to sell instead (the EVO).

I would hate to see the same thing happen with the EVO, but it is a possibility. Sprint doesn't make money by updating old devices. They make money by selling new devices and renewing contracts.

I'd love to see the Hero get 2.2 (still) and the EVO get 2.3, but I'm not counting on it either. I've only been let down by that before. Here's to hoping though...

 

[Eddiethking]

As much as I would love Gingerbread on my EVO, I'm not going to hold my breath for it.

I had previously owned the HTC Hero, which took HTC/Sprint several months (and numerous delays) to update from 1.6 to 2.1, at which point they basically dropped support. They announced there would be no 2.2 update for the Hero. The phone had not even been out a year and was definitely capable of running 2.2, but they chose not to put the effort into it since they had a newer, faster device to sell instead (the EVO).

I would hate to see the same thing happen with the EVO, but it is a possibility. Sprint doesn't make money by updating old devices. They make money by selling new devices and renewing contracts.

I'd love to see the Hero get 2.2 (still) and the EVO get 2.3, but I'm not counting on it either. I've only been let down by that before. Here's to hoping though...

What phone on Sprint do you think will get gingerbread? In my experience carriers stop supporting phones when they simply cannot handle new OS updates, not when they just simply want to have people buy new phones. This is an interesting argument.

I think that Gingerbread will likely go to the HTC EVO 4g, however I doubt that it will get any further updates after that.

 

[Mdorty]

As much as I would love Gingerbread on my EVO, I'm not going to hold my breath for it.

I had previously owned the HTC Hero, which took HTC/Sprint several months (and numerous delays) to update from 1.6 to 2.1, at which point they basically dropped support. They announced there would be no 2.2 update for the Hero. The phone had not even been out a year and was definitely capable of running 2.2, but they chose not to put the effort into it since they had a newer, faster device to sell instead (the EVO).

I would hate to see the same thing happen with the EVO, but it is a possibility. Sprint doesn't make money by updating old devices. They make money by selling new devices and renewing contracts.

I'd love to see the Hero get 2.2 (still) and the EVO get 2.3, but I'm not counting on it either. I've only been let down by that before. Here's to hoping though...

Yeah, but they do make money off of keeping customers, and keeping those customers happy. I'm pretty sure customers who buy high end phones would be pretty upset to see support for that phone die after only six months. And although the Hero is a good phone, it wasn't exactly a top of the line phone like the Evo is. And I don't mean just on Sprint, the Evo is one of the best phones you can get on any carrier right now, that wasn't the case with the Hero.

 

[smileshappy]

The nexus s specs are only slightly better than the evo's. Besides processor and having 16gig internal mem. That being said. I think the evo will get updates for awhile

I wonder if Google has gingerbread set to a uniform UI for all phones?. That would free up more memory on the evo.

 

[Bizzare]

The nexus s specs are only slightly better than the evo's. Besides processor and having 16gig internal mem. That being said. I think the evo will get updates for awhile

I wonder if Google has gingerbread set to a uniform UI for all phones?. That would free up more memory on the evo.

I agree totally with what you said. The Evo's specs are way higher than most devices out Today and higher than most that are due to come out. I had the Hero before the Evo and I knew when I got the Hero that it was a 1 year device along with the Palm Pre. The Evo's specs are grate and the sales prove it's point I'm from southern cali Inland Empire and most places if not all have a waiting list for the Evo Sprint is not going to let there top seller Die. Evo is and still will be the Top Dog of the Android chain for at least 2 more years, the Nexus S bearly Ties with the Evo and the reason it might be a little better is because of it's 2.3 and the ability to get the updates first, we have yet to see if it can even beat the Evo we will have to wait for it's release. "The Evo is the first phone to ever go toe to toe with the Iphone and beat it" Sprint Commercial. <~ with reviews like that come on people put ur doubts to the side were going to see the Evo for a long while that's why Sprint had to make a dumbed down version of the Evo (HTC Evo 4G Shift) so every one can have one.

 

[Crimson]

I'm still seeing quite a few ads for the EVO on TV. They are still selling it as a new phone.

 

[Gee]

I agree totally with what you said. The Evo's specs are way higher than most devices out Today and higher than most that are due to come out. I had the Hero before the Evo and I knew when I got the Hero that it was a 1 year device along with the Palm Pre. The Evo's specs are grate and the sales prove it's point I'm from southern cali Inland Empire and most places if not all have a waiting list for the Evo Sprint is not going to let there top seller Die. Evo is and still will be the Top Dog of the Android chain for at least 2 more years, the Nexus S bearly Ties with the Evo and the reason it might be a little better is because of it's 2.3 and the ability to get the updates first, we have yet to see if it can even beat the Evo we will have to wait for it's release. "The Evo is the first phone to ever go toe to toe with the Iphone and beat it" Sprint Commercial.

 

[tndank]

The EVO will get 2.3. There is no doubt. You probably need your head examined if you think it will not.

 

[Bigchris]

I don't know why its even a question of IF it will happen, its just about WHEN it will happen. And even with the when, I'm sure it will be soon...