No Android 2.0 for Owners of Ancient 1 to 4 Month Old Phones?

My Droid has Android 2.0 in its firmware. But, if you own any other Android phone, you are problem wondering what the AndroidAndMe blog asked…

What is the Android 2.0 release date for first generation phones?

As the owner of a T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 with no official path to upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5, I can sympathize with owners of older Android phones (a whole 13 months old in some cases!

The blog’s author, Taylor Winberly, doesn’t have any definitive answers. However, the consensus appears to be that there is no firm statement from any manufacturer or carrier about a 2.0 upgrade.

This is the sort of situation many Windows Mobile Pocket PC and phone owners have been in many times over many years now. It is difficult for platform creators (Microsoft for Windows Mobile and Google for Android) to get hardware manufacturers and carriers to spend time and money to provide an upgrade that does not give them much in the way of a financial return.

So, Android users (which includes me these days), welcome to our (Windows Mobile) world of frustrating upgrade situations.

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