No multitasking or multi windows why and when???

[MittenSportsFan]

Nothing but excuses. What's really funny is how quickly Apple is able to get updates out to their iPhones. I can't help but wonder how anyone can justify the ridiculous amount of time the carriers in approving updates.

We pay the price for customization and control with the free open source Google Android system.
Having layers added to naked Android by the phone manufacturer and the carrier makes it an environment (fragmentation) where so many issues can arise with conflicting code.
Apple on the other hand controls everything from Operating System to hardware so they can assure that they both work well together. All of their devices are upgraded to the new OS at the same time and almost immediately after its anouncement. None of this waiting and angst over when or if I will get the latest OS. I sport an HTC Thunderbolt on Gingerbread and wonder when Ice Cream Sandwich will arrive as others are being updated to Jelly Bean on other phones. I know I will never see JB if I keep this phone.
New phones like the Moto RAZR HD line are being launched with ICS as people with 6 month old Galaxy S3's are being updated to JB.
Really?
I liked the RAZR Maxx HD but I will never buy a new phone that does not have the latest Android OS (especially on VZW). It's takes too long and is too much drama to get an update. Then when it does arrive there are the inevitable bugs and glitches that have to sort themselves out. Often times you have to reset various settings or get used to new quirks of the new OS after having broken in your phone. Then there seems to be a 2 upgrade max on most Android devices.
By Apple controlling the ecosystem and the hardware, along with the huge popularity of the devices, they have much more power to dictate terms to the carriers. You never see a problem with the release of their updates. They all come out together (relatively speaking) on all carriers soon after introduction. There is a lot to like about Apple and the way they do things. They keep it simple and uniform. That's why I keep my wife in an iPhone. She has much less tolerance for the issues of Android and will accept a lesser performing device for a better more reliable user experience.
I will stay with the more advanced, customizable, high performance android devices and deal with all the issues and frustrations of fragmentation.
It's the price we pay.

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[dponte]

Nothing but excuses. What's really funny is how quickly Apple is able to get updates out to their iPhones. I can't help but wonder how anyone can justify the ridiculous amount of time the carriers in approving updates.

What here is an 'excuse'? It is what it is...and those with Android on MANY different devices and carriers deal with reality of the actions of those groups...as MittenSportsFan had good points in his reply to your trite comment as well.

I'm not an Android apologist. Are you an Apple apologist? You really want to get into the negatives about Apple? The reason I'm looking at Android is because of Apple and it's stubbornness. Of course, they have full control over their ecosystem. Took them a long time to roll out iTunes with the ability to select an ALBUM (where the names are still truncated, to this day) instead of an entire set of albums (or having to put an album into a playlist and do it that way) from an artist, but hey...at least ALL their devices had this update when it came out, right? ALL of iPhone and iPad and iTouch/Pod...oh wait...now they have the iPad mini! They go small with that but refuse to go big -or simply make a larger version- with the iPhone.

So, yeah, obviously that is easier for Apple to do. It's not 'funny how'...it's a matter of understanding reality and the open-source world with a LOT of devices that utilize the Android OS and those that manufacture them. We all wish updates were rolled out better, but clearly there is more of a reason to stick with Android or migrate to it from Apple, as I am doing.

Apple's iOS has good points to it...no doubt had some innovations that were more obvious 3 years ago (when I got my 3GS). Nothing against that...good to have competition though.

I waited for Android to get to this level, and I will be rewarded...I waited for iPhone 5 to have a bigger screen, and I was ultimately disappointed (for months beforehand as we all knew).

 

[Gary Crandall]

I have a sprint L900 and have the multiview function

 

[Gary Crandall]

Note2 is showing jellybean 4.1.1