Cupcake is catastrophe, claims Big in Japan dev

[LazyGenius]

all over the news today arent we AC?

but i kinda saw this coming... when alot of my apps werent compatible with cupcake i knew that all of them would be updated... but what about the ones that were pulled from the market or were discontinued, that im still using?(im still using the original "force ring" from back in the day)

curious to see how this turns out...

[scrannel]

I imagine the biggest disappointment, from what I'm reading, are the known issues not being addressed. There are issues that should be addressed and those that must be addressed.

The must list includes:

Data transfer by Bluetooth; (needed it this weekend)

Functioning wifi; (need it 90% of the time)

Email that works for IMAP and POP3; (need all the time)

Ability to receive and download ALL attachments on the phone (email). (Need often)

Ability to stop ALL data roaming and keep apps from over riding. (When traveling, need all the time).

I have been told by several developers that Android/Google are well aware of these issues, so, that excuse is BS. These are abilities everyone has come to expect on any decent smartphone. I love the physical form of this phone, but ya know... this is 2009. When I was talking with a TMO tech she got into this real kinda cooing voice and said to think of the Android systems as a new born baby that needed lots of love and understanding. (Seriously!). All I could think of was that plastic baby from Blade Trinity with "**** You" written on its stomach, that spit raw garlic into your eyes.

[atoy74]

Originally Posted by scrannel

I imagine the biggest disappointment, from what I'm reading, are the known issues not being addressed. There are issues that should be addressed and those that must be addressed.

The must list includes:

Data transfer by Bluetooth; (needed it this weekend)

Functioning wifi; (need it 90% of the time)

Email that works for IMAP and POP3; (need all the time)

Ability to receive and download ALL attachments on the phone (email). (Need often)

Ability to stop ALL data roaming and keep apps from over riding. (When traveling, need all the time).

No offense but your list sounds pretty specific to you. Cupcake is bringing a wealth of new and enhanced features many of which better the entire community.

As for your list -

Data transfer by Bluetooth; (needed it this weekend) - Very small percentage of users "must" have this feature. Therefore, should Google really make it a priority?

Functioning wifi; (need it 90% of the time) - What's wrong with your Wifi? Mine works 100% of the time.

Email that works for IMAP and POP3; (need all the time) - Have you tried K-9? Excellent app and is the open sourced version of Android's Mail app.

Ability to receive and download ALL attachments on the phone (email). (Need often) - Yes, this should be fixed. Business folk cannot be slowed by their tech.

Ability to stop ALL data roaming and keep apps from over riding. (When traveling, need all the time). Agreed, there are enough users to justify the fix. Although, from what I've read, this is a much bigger issue. Google is based on "cloud computing" and is dependent on connectivity.

Fortunately Google will continue to better the OS. We'll have updates passed 1.5

[scrannel]

No offense but your list sounds pretty specific to you. Cupcake is bringing a wealth of new and enhanced features many of which better the entire community.

As for your list - (And my response in italic):

Data transfer by Bluetooth; (needed it this weekend) - Very small percentage of users "must" have this feature. Therefore, should Google really make it a priority? In your world, maybe. I don't know any business user who doesn't need this feature. Plus, I can transfer files to and from my laptop even if I don't happen to have a cable in my back pocket.

Functioning wifi; (need it 90% of the time) - What's wrong with your Wifi? Mine works 100% of the time. Come on, this is a known issue -- that's why there are a half dozen apps to "fix" it.

Email that works for IMAP and POP3; (need all the time) - Have you tried K-9? Excellent app and is the open sourced version of Android's Mail app. K9 doesn't work with my very basic POP3 account, others have this issue; stock app works, but you cannot download all but a few attachments.

Ability to receive and download ALL attachments on the phone (email). (Need often) - Yes, this should be fixed. Business folk cannot be slowed by their tech. The phone "can" already do this.. just rename the extension on any file to *.jpg and it will allow you to download it. How is this a big fix?

Ability to stop ALL data roaming and keep apps from over riding. (When traveling, need all the time). Agreed, there are enough users to justify the fix. Although, from what I've read, this is a much bigger issue. Google is based on "cloud computing" and is dependent on connectivity. My son's iPhone can reliably shut down all data roaming when we are in Europe.

Fortunately Google will continue to better the OS. We'll have updates passed 1.5