Android OS 2.0 Donut video demo from Google IO 2009

[Fare]

I was under the impression that the android firmware was universal, but perhaps I was too encompassing with my prior statement based on the fact that they are looking to expand android past the phone market and I did not take into the fact that android could last...a long long time (not saying I don't beleive in android, it just didn't come to mind; thinking too immediatly).

When I was a regular at the SymbianFreak community, they spoke at great length on how it was annoying how each phone was branded with different software features based solely upon what Nokia thought each phone's demographic was. I don't particualrly want to find any evidence backing this statement up, so feel free to completly ignore it.

I do see your point. at some point a feature will be available that wouldn't be possible on another handset (something that requires hardware video acceleration?), and since firmwares is handset specific, it wouldn't be always possible (save a friendly firmware cook). I would like to believe, however, that there is a fairly universal firmware base from which you develop around.

My "Save any special hardware" was in reference to something physical on the phone (a button, a jog-wheel, a mustard dispenser) and not really taking into consideration any advancement in the phone's computer infrastructure.