Android 2.0 (aka donut) to be released in August?

[draxter]

I spotted this page at pdadb.net... maybe just a typo but who knows

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=os&id=a...le_android_2.0

[OKC-G1]

so october it is!

[vigan8]

thats interesting, what would they add now?

[illini2011]

is this something that we will get on our g1's?

[Broo]

Donut on the original G1? probably not (at least officially from T-Mobile).

I think donut is slated for the G1 V2 (aka Bigfoot) that is to be released by T-Mobile in September.

I believe the T-Mobile roadmap also shows the original G1 as 'EOL' with the G1 V2's release.

http://www.tmotoday.com/forums/groun...ed-t-mobile-bi

...but are now rumors that T-Mobile may allow G1 users to upgrade to the new phone at a 'pre-order discount price':

http://www.tmotoday.com/blogs/joseph...arenot-concern

[texas_born]

Here we go again

[master.peterm]

Donut on the original G1? probably not (at least officially from T-Mobile).

I think donut is slated for the G1 V2 (aka Bigfoot) that is to be released by T-Mobile in September.

I believe the T-Mobile roadmap also shows the original G1 as 'EOL' with the G1 V2's release.

http://www.tmotoday.com/forums/groun...ed-t-mobile-bi

...but are now rumors that T-Mobile may allow G1 users to upgrade to the new phone at a 'pre-order discount price':

http://www.tmotoday.com/blogs/joseph...arenot-concern

Of coarse the new update would come to the G1 just like the first gen iphone got the iphone 3.0 software.

[Broo]

What I am saying is the update probably won't come from T-Mobile; there will be a community update, but T-Mobile doesn't make money by paying people to develop updates to give away for free.

I have been a 'smart phone' user for many years- and the iPhone update policy is somewhat of an oddity; If I purchased a Palm OS device or a Windows Mobile device, I would consider myself lucky if I ever got an incremental update from my carrier- say WM6.0 to WM6.1- but a full version update was unheard of.

The carriers have to spend a lot of time and money in developing/testing/deploying updates for devices; so what is their need to keep giving away free updates? Generally if the phone 'works' they stop releasing updates. If they keep providing free updates, what is the motivation for users to upgrade their phones and sign new contracts?

One other consideration is the hardware; can the G1 even support the Donut with it's current RAM/CPU? The Hero versions are very modified to even fit in the G1s memory (requiring APP2SD) and the phone isn't the most responsive...

[draxter]

I hope the Magic will get Donut It should... the G1 got cupcake after all.

[ickyfehmleh]

What I am saying is the update probably won't come from T-Mobile; there will be a community update, but T-Mobile doesn't make money by paying people to develop updates to give away for free.

I have been a 'smart phone' user for many years- and the iPhone update policy is somewhat of an oddity; If I purchased a Palm OS device or a Windows Mobile device, I would consider myself lucky if I ever got an incremental update from my carrier- say WM6.0 to WM6.1- but a full version update was unheard of.

The carriers have to spend a lot of time and money in developing/testing/deploying updates for devices; so what is their need to keep giving away free updates? Generally if the phone 'works' they stop releasing updates. If they keep providing free updates, what is the motivation for users to upgrade their phones and sign new contracts?

One other consideration is the hardware; can the G1 even support the Donut with it's current RAM/CPU? The Hero versions are very modified to even fit in the G1s memory (requiring APP2SD) and the phone isn't the most responsive...

AND SO IT BEGINS AGAIN.

Why would Google distribute ADP1 units (G1s with fancy bootloaders and a nifty back panel) to their employees if they weren't going to support it?

A good rule of thumb would be to check and see what device(s) Google is selling for developer usage. If they're still selling the ADP1 (again, that's the G1 with a fancy bootloader and nifty back panel, but the back panel doesn't give it magical hardware features), one can surmise that Google themselves are still targetting the G1; why sell it if they're not going to support it?

Please stop posting this "omg teh gee wun will nevar be supported evar!" crap and getting everyone in a tissy.

edit: Also this:

Fwiw, there is no such thing as "Android 2.0" at this point. I don't know
where in the world that has come from, but it doesn't exist. The only thing
that exists is the Donut development branch, which will be given some
as-yet-undetermined version number when it is done.

As seen here.