Android-powered netbooks by the end of 2009?

[ghoonk]

Originally Posted by JetsG1

Yeah okay.

You dont ask for much ei?

Yeah, and judging from how the other threads are going, everyone here expects upgrades for free too.

I'd love to see you guys buy a 3.6l Dodge Charger, then head back to the dealership demanding for the 5.7l Hemi engine as a free upgrade, and then a couple of months later, bitch about why you weren't entitled to the 2009 facelift as a free upgrade.

Lousy business to be in, selling a product to customers and then being expected to continually upgrade the OS with NEW features (vs bug fixes). Maybe Google should move towards a new business model -- bugfixes are free, major firmware upgrades not part of the original spec as advertised (e.g. Flash, address book upgrades, etc) as paid upgrades. This would certainly incentivize them to move out upgrades sooner with a justified business model to pay the developers who are spending months on adding new features, and then giving it out for free.

Last time I checked, Google was a publicly listed company, for a not-for-profit organization, and I'm surprised that shareholders don't kick up a stink about this. Especially since Apple made a pretty penny off people who paid to upgrade to the new iPhone firmware with new features.