Casey Newton and Roger Cheng, writing for CNET about Motorola reneging on their promise to update particular smartphones to the latest Android operating system:
Every few months, it seems, we hear a new version of an old story: the maker of an expensive smartphone announces it won’t be upgraded to the latest version of Android, and consumers cry foul.
But this one is different. First, Motorola told customers they would upgrade the phones for 18 months after they came out, a statement that drove sales of the devices. Second, Google owns both Android and Motorola, making it all the more puzzling why the business units didn’t work together to make an upgrade happen.
Finally, there are signs that for some Android devotees, Motorola’s abandonment of its year-old phones is the last straw.
If I were a Motorola customer who based a purchase decision on this promise, I’d be pissed off. Is there any doubt that Google simply bought Motorola for their patents?