But who knows
if OEMs will utilize all these features.
If OEMs can innovate enough to warrant a purchase, then surely consumers would not mind upgrading to newer devices at a regular cadence.
Of course, it's unclear
if OEMs and developers will get behind this change.
Consumers seem to like customization in both hardware and software, and a remappable button is likely worth exploring in more depth
if OEMs are keen on differentiation.
If OEMs started offering this type of customization out of the box with both complementary software and hardware, they might win favor with quite a few customers.
About the keyboard dock / case, it would be nice
if OEMs included a trackpoint / trackstick with 3 buttons (middle button for click / scrolling).
If these oems can't even release upcoming devices with an os version that is a month old then they should be required to release with an unlocked bootloader.
If OEMs will adopt the th...
Not exact matches
If you don't want to settle, it might be worth waiting and seeing how
OEMs approach Chrome OS's brave new world.
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I have been researching and came across information about how non
oem parts could not work propertly and when dealing with hondas
oem is the way to go, so I am not sure
if I should replace both with
oem or look towards a blown head gasket
In many cases, promises are made by carriers or
OEMs and then broken, leaving users clueless as to when (or
if) they'll be seeing the latest Android version on their device.
By the time those five Windows RT devices crawl onto shelves next spring, Intel and its trusty
OEMs will have enjoyed massive x86 tablet sales from Black Friday and Christmas — and possibly even a back - to - school period in October,
if Windows 8 matches Windows 7's release schedule.
No mention was made of the plan revealed last time around to open up Nook development to outside
OEMs, but the conference call is at 10 AM ET this morning, so we'll update
if any new information comes to light at that time.
Sadly, it's not at all clear that it will —
if the responses we've gotten from major Android
OEMs is any indication.
If TMO has enough influence to order moto to remove a feature from an unlocked phone — which is supposed to be free from carrier control — then it should force all
oems to put volte on all b12 phones.
At this point, you can't expect many
OEMs to bring users a 100 % stock Android experience and ASUS gets as close,
if not closer, to that than any OEM.
Because the so - called «Google experience» apps like Gmail and the Android Market require Google's blessing to preload,
OEMs (and users) could have a hard time finding a decent browser to use, particularly
if Chrome were to join that package.
Earlier in March, reports surfaced that Microsoft might be slashing licensing fees for
OEMs to as little as $ 30 for Windows
if the software is headed to touchscreen devices smaller than 10.8 inches.
But the same can't be said for the current crop of lower - priced 7 - inch Android tablets like the $ 199 Nexus 7, a price point that is essentially impossible for Windows RT
OEMs to hit
if rumors of an $ 85 licensing charge for Microsoft's OS are true.
Even
if customers suddenly decide to support Android tablets,
OEMs may not stay in Google's camp now that Microsoft has joined the fray.
If you want to relock the bootloader of your Google Nexus 10, then follow the same steps, but on the last one type «fastboot
oem lock» instead of «fastboot
oem unlock».
We can't help but wonder
if another reason for Google's deferral of Honeycomb's coming - out party has been Mountain View's discussions with Intel — and presumably with
OEMs — which DigiTimes's sources claim have been going on for about six months.
Intel's AppUp is available for Moblin, OVI for Maemo so I wonder
if this is simply left out of the core and left up to the
OEMs.
If that's the case then they have already worked with multiple carriers and multiple
oems to create exclusive flagship devices.
It's almost as
if Microsoft realized that
OEMs were going to struggle to match price when amazon can make the device a loss leader.
Some carriers and / or
OEMs even think that Wi - Fi is so supremely desirable that they force your device to turn on Wi - Fi, even
if you don't want it to.
Supported Google devices will only get the January 5 patch, while
OEMs will be able to address the «partial security patch level string» first
if they so choose.
All the other
OEMs wouldn't work so hard to copy them
if focus groups and market research didn't prove my statement right.
But LG is the first established OEM outside of China to go down this route, in a move that could signal a bigger trend —
if Google is indeed dropping the app drawer with the next version of Android, LG may be just one of many Android
OEMs that abandon the venerable app drawer.
If nothing else, it shows that
OEMs have more options and don't need to shamelessly copy other odd looking bezel reduced designs.
The revised guidelines instruct
OEMs to ensure users can actually disable this feature
if they don't want it, but Microsoft's guidelines haven't stopped PC manufacturers from abusing Windows security in the past.
The saying goes «
if you can't beat them, join them,» and it seems Android
OEMs are doing just that.
Though I do wish that Google or
OEMs would at least give us the option to enable this feature by affording us the ability to re-partition our devices using an official tool
if we so choose.
The only detail we're not sure of
if is there's a licensing cost that
OEMs will have to sign up for, as there is with Qualcomm's aptX which is also supported in Android Oreo's Bluetooth codec settings.
Google confirmed LDAC is now part of the Android AOSP base code, which means that it's free for all
OEMs to integrate into their smartphones
if they wish.
Even should the OnePlus Bullets Wireless be commercialized, it remains to be seen
if the firm ends up bundling them with its next Android flagship as even
OEMs whose devices lack a 3.5 mm audio jack rarely opt for such a move.
If you're in the market for a new Android Wear smartwatch, the majority of options available to you come from fashion brands rather than tech - centric
OEMs.
From here on out, I'd rather
OEMs include front - facing speakers
if it means my phone has a little bezel on the front to compensate.
Rather, hardware from Android
OEMs, including Google itself in the past, has long been the place to find this feature
if you want it.
Android
OEMs can make as many great smartphones as they want, but
if developers still prefer iOS, Apple's big phone will continue to shine.
Seeing how HMD Global has been getting the latest monthly security patch updates to its devices before other Android
OEMs, we will not be surprised
if HMD Global finishes the Oreo update rollout for all its smartphones before other companies.
If the company manages to stick to its ambitious schedule, it will likely end up being one of the first third - party
OEMs to push out Android 8.0 to its devices.
If they didn't overpromise and underdeliver, this article would instead have been about how HTC is doing a great job of communicating when updates will be coming, and about how other
OEMs need to follow HTC's example.
Android 7.0 was released almost a year ago, and it's fair to say that it has been a painful process for most carriers and
OEMs to get their devices onto Nougat, and with Android O getting released in around two months time, we will have to see how long that takes to arrive on devices,
if even eligible.
Even
if they go in and manually tap the Check for Update button, they're told their phone is up to date (even
if it isn't) because of the way Google and many
OEMs handle things.
Even
if LG Display and other Chinese
OEMs are able to set up their OLED factories by next year, the majority of the order would still end up going to Samsung due to its production capacity and higher yield rates.
«However, Apple can not afford to have their lineup get stale, given that the other PC
OEMs are rapidly closing the gap,
if not outright exceeding Apple in design leadership.»
With Andromeda potentially following Chrome OS's model for its boot image rather than Android's, we may see Google attempt to leverage the existing Chrome OS infrastructure to make Android installations more modular, especially
if the leaks that Andromeda will eventually be able to be installed on virtually any future x86, MIPS, or ARM device are true (which would tie in well with Google and Sony's recent work to provide enhanced theming support, which
OEMs can use to apply their customizations).
While this move,
if made earlier, would unlikely have affected whether or not devices on the MSM8974 receive the Android 7.0 Nougat update (as the issue there stems from the CDD requiring either the Vulkan Graphics API or GLES 3.1, which IS something that
OEMs would have to wait for silicon manufacturers to bring GPU support for in their source code), this move should still significantly reduce the time it takes for major Android updates to reach the hands of consumers.