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http://www.phonenews.com/htc-ics-acer-android-4-0-tablet-flyer-evo-view-jetstream-20257/
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While HTC is Contemplating ICS, Acer Delivers Android 4.0 for its Tablets
By Christopher Price on May 4, 2012
HTC is in a bit of a bad way, and their handling of tablet software upgrades, shows.
We understand the difficult straits that HTC is in. They sold very few tablets, handset sales are struggling to keep pace with Apple and Samsung, and Android 4.0 was developed with HTC relatively out of the loop. The good news is that HTC has a new, flagship pan-carrier offering in the HTC One Series to buy them time to rebuild.
In terms of bean counters, it would almost make total sense to abandon all of HTC’s tablets, and come out this fall with a new one. Problem is, such a decision would completely ignore the effect of alienating the early adopters… those that HTC will need to tap, if it wants to keep relevance in this industry.
Perhaps that is why HTC told PhoneNews.com late last week that it is still contemplating the delivery of Android 4.0 for the HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G, and Jetstream. HTC has said on-and-off that Jetstream is a go, but the Jetstream was an extremely niche play, costing more than even Apple’s iPad. HTC’s Flyer (and EVO View twin on Sprint), sold considerably higher volumes.
The bad news for HTC, is that even Acer has blazed past them. Within the past week, Acer has updated all of its tablets to Android 4.0, with the exception of one carrier-branded variant. Acer has readily admitted that it has struggled in the tablet space, but intendeds to regroup with a new generation of tablets after the current Kindle-Fire-answer generation passes. Devices like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 are hallmarks of the current tablet attrition. The Galaxy Tab 2 was built to retool the 7-inch tablet from Samsung, specifically to combat Kindle Fire.
HTC is also smartly sitting on the sidelines, perhaps. With Samsung willing to bring margins down dramatically to compete with the loss-leading Kindle Fire, which now accounts for more than half of all Android tablets, offering additional competitors may simply prove to be un-economical. HTC has committed to a product strategy wherein it has fewer, not more devices.
The problem for HTC is that it still needs to support its older devices properly. Every device it does not meet its Google-obligated goal of updating as much as technically-possible, is another nail in HTC’s coffin to win back customers. Customers now can tell that these generational Android updates matter.
Still, the world is not perfect. While Google has asked manufacturers to commit to two years of Android updates, something we led them by a few months proposing, many have failed to actually deliver on that commitment. We’re still waiting for a manufacturer to commit to relentlessly updating its devices, and actually speaking to the community about why it fails to update certain devices. This kind of openness creates competitive advantage. If I want a device that comes with a no-comment tag, I’ll buy another iPad.
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simserror wrote : hi_eric wrote:
不曉得為什麼很多人都...(恕刪)
不曉得為什麼很多人對被棄養都不在乎,好用在那裡?都很基本吧?要刷掉也刷不掉,要更新也沒分....(恕刪)
其實能不能升級到最新的作業系統我個人並不太在意，我想這與每個人對平板的用途定義不一樣有關，我在意的是穩定性與實用性。
可能是我已經不是學生了，所以已經離開了那個隨時喜歡追求新系統，試用新軟體的年紀了，我考量到的反而是對工作上能否增加生產力? 生活上能否增加便利性?娛樂性?
所以反而應用軟體的實用性對我而言更重要。
而flyer我認為好用的地方就真的是他的筆，讓我習慣手寫的人真的很受用，平常搭配quill或lecturenotes兩套手寫筆記軟體，真的可以替代我的實體筆記本，平常開會或拜訪客戶都已經不用實體的筆記本了。出差時，真的有我必須親簽的文件，請助理e-mail給我，我在flyer簽完後回傳即可。
所以我反而在意HTC提供的軟體是否會持續改善，如內建的"記事"軟體能趕上quill或lecturenotes的書寫流暢度。
我不曉得您是不是真的用過flyer？或只是在店家試用而已?不過若您用不到那隻筆，那flyer就真的與一般平板無異。
但對我而言flyer卻是我iphone最好的互補工具。
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