12:46 am
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January 7, 2014
It would appear manufactuers are starting to get the idea of Android that much more, Motorola released most of it’s useful features recently intot he Google Play store as applications – why ? well firstly the Play store does not depend on specific updates to the OS being applied which in the modern era are managed by the carriers which often means huge delays in seeing the latest versions of software being released.
By pushing features out as applicatons developers at companies like Motorola can push out fixes and updates that much easier and quicker, the idea has of course caught on with sony as they have today released the Sony xperia z1’s ‘Timeshift Burst Feature’ as an app within the play store – dont get too excited none Sony fans as it is still locked to the Z1 so you cannot just stick the feature onto your Samsung device!
but notes aside, hats off to Motorola and Sony for figuring it out . lets hope Samsung catch on
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10:54 pm
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January 6, 2014
agree, apps specifically catering to migrating data from one brands to another will surely have a market for all users – even if personal or business. on the contrary I feel the idea behind this is not about innovation, it will work better for the lesser famous brands like moto, sony, LG or HTC to be marketable given the fact the there will be an apps that can make switching from iphone and samsung easier.
1:01 am
February 10, 2014
4:52 am
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January 26, 2014
From my point of view, Motorola or Sony have a long journey to perform, until they would reach the number and reliability of apps included on HTC or Samsung`s lists. It`s quite natural, the last brands started a long time ago to think of customers` expectations, while the others were focusing on technical improvements. It`s ideal to combine both realities, but in fact customers get used with the gap.
For example, comparing my Xperia Z1 Compact with my HTC One S, on the last one I have useful apps for daily life such as Weather, Mirror, Recorder or Flashlight
1:53 am
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January 7, 2014
I would say that perhaps the idea of moving a feature to an application has been perhaps a little lost in this post so I’ll explain. Samsung for example uses a hugely skinned version of android which we all know as touchwiz, touchwiz introduces hundreds if not thousands of new features this presents a problem for samsung when it comes to upgrade time.
The current development cycle works like so, Google developers the latest version of Android behind close doors, then on the day of announced release Google pushes it out to public repositories OEMS like HTC, Samsung, Sony etc etc then pull down this branch into their internal repositories and then have to port each feature over (in many cases most just need small code tweaks due to API maturity) however it still requires them to do benchmarking, unit tests, campat fixes etc etc and this can take in many cases if not most months upon months.
This means that an updated version of android pushed out to the masses is incredibly slow in comparison to say a google play device which runs pure android, those usually get the update within a week if not less. After Samsung (again example) have finished porting all there existing features and building new features in and doing a whole heap of testing they then need to pay a quite large fee to carriers (mostly in the USA) to have them approved for release (unlocked phones again dont have this issue and get updates direct from samsung again upto 2-3 months quicker) after carrier testing and eventual approval the update is released to the consumer upto a year later.
Now what Motorola and Sony are aiming to to is cut back on that required porting and update time, in basic terms if an application such as say the camera breaks in a samsung device they have to go through the above steps to release a minor fix – however Motorola whom packages there camera package as an application simply push out an app update – testing is done by motorola and takes about 12 hours to hit the consumer.
IF Samsung and other android OEMs start to shrink down the base install and push out the rest as applications we the consumer benefit from quicker updates and OEMs benefit from less direct code porting as it’s rare that application BC breaks between major versions of android
hope that clears it up why this is a big benefit all around, hats off to sony and motorola for taking the jump, it’s great to see OEMS understanding all the bells dont have to be pre-applied.
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