Motorola and ICS

[MyWorld]

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/20/motorola-skipping-ice-cream-sandwich-for-some-devices/

Despite Motorola's Android 4.0 rollout schedule, not every one of the manufacturer's devices are ready for dessert -- some, the outfit says, will be put on a diet. "Obviously we want the new release to improve our devices," the company said in a recent blog post, "If we determine that can't be done, well, then we're not able to upgrade that particular device." Handsets that are bogged down by Ice Cream Sandwich simply won't get an update. Even so, Motorola affirms that it's working closely with Google to keep its hardware up to date.

This seems like a cheap cop-out for not rolling out ICS on most of their devices.
And why am I not surprised?

 

[zamicro]

I really think it is time for Motorola to open up all their bootloaders, so that each person can decide which is the version they want.

 

[marine1]

i installed ICS on my Xoom and have not looked back - screw Motorola and their bulll

 

[Ockie]

I had a bit of a hissy fit on their forums the other day. If software upgrades aint handled much better by Motorola then my next phone might not be Motorola again. I love their hardware..but so far the software upgrade issue have left a very bad taste. I hope that since Google is now the big daddy of Motorola things will improve by leaps and bounds. Time will tell.

 

[marine1]

I had a bit of a hissy fit on their forums the other day. If software upgrades aint handled much better by Motorola then my next phone might not be Motorola again. I love their hardware..but so far the software upgrade issue have left a very bad taste. I hope that since Google is now the big daddy of Motorola things will improve by leaps and bounds. Time will tell.

I tweeted to them, guess what? No reply.
Bloody idiots. Samsung all the way for me next time

 

[Nameite]

Guess it is HTC for me then...