Nexus One’s Gingerbread “Coming Soon”, but We’ve Heard That Before
Google has reportedly chimed in, again, on the Nexus One + Gingerbread tandem that we’ve been waiting to see. “No unexpected hurdles,” says a representative of Google talking to Computer World. They state a roll out should be happening soon. The problem is that we’ve heard this one before – when Gingerbread was announced, a couple of times after the Nexus S was released, and so forth.
What gives, Google? I know the Nexus One was the only developer phone out when you announced Froyo, but it received an official OTA upgrade in less than a week. Why hasn’t the same been true for Gingerbread? The only reasonable explanation – as a skeptic – that I can come up with is that Google’s purposely holding it back so that users will be enticed to buy their latest flagship – the S.
I know, I know: baseless speculation. And it does sound a lot like what folks were saying regarding Samsung and T-Mobile with the Vibrant 4G issue. But I can’t think of anything else that could logically explain the delay. As Cyanogen and his team have gotten builds up for countless devices already, how is it that Google can’t get it together for their first official developer phone?
It’s not like the hardware can’t handle the update – we hear it’s supposed to be even easier on resources despite small touches of eye candy. And wasn’t this version of Android being tested daily on a Nexus One? Come on, Google.
I’m ranting at this point – let’s hope the version of “coming soon” this time doesn’t take another month for the OTA to come to form.