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[mattlgroff]

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smartphone owners got some disappointing news today.

In its

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, Motorola laid out its roadmap for when it expects the latest version of the OS,

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, to be available for each of its devices.

In just about every case, Motorola says its users will have to wait until the middle of the summer to get Ice Cream Sandwich. For several other phones, including many still being sold in stores, Motorola doesn't know when or if they'll get the upgrade.

If you own a Motorola phone you should be upset. Plain and simple. Not just because many of you will be stuck on an antiquated version of

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forever, but because even if Motorola has deemed your device worthy of the upgrade, you'll probably have to wait until July at the very earliest to get it. (Motorola pegs many devices for a 'Q3' upgrade.)

By the time those Motorola phones get Ice Cream Sandwich,

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will have already announced its next version of Android called Jelly Bean. A few months after that, Jelly Bean will be available for manufacturers to use on smartphones and tablets.

At Google's big I/O conference last year, we were told things were going to get better when it comes to product upgrade cycles. There was even talk of an "Alliance" to ensure handset makers would pledge to keep their devices up to date for at least 18 months.

Now Motorola,

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, is spitting in the face of that pledge. Even worse, it's spitting in the face of customers who dropped hundreds of dollars on a fancy new smartphone last year. Those customers had every reason to expect their phones would be upgraded in a timely fashion, especially after all the fuss

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and its partners made about doing so.

Unless Google forces manufacturers to fall in line with an upgrade cycle, the only way you can guarantee that you'll always have the latest version of Android is to buy one of Google's own Nexus-branded phones. It's the luck of the draw for everyone else, especially Motorola phone owners.

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[mopar57]

So well all paid for the razr becuase they said it will get ICS...now they said thanks for your money and we lied ?

[scott.fitz.fitzgerald]

Well I can't say I got the Razr due to the promise of ICS. Personally I'm waiting for droid 9.0: Creamsicle! Think razr will get it?

[trikotret]

Well they do advertise Ice cream upgradable. So the million dollar question is when. Lol

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[mattlgroff]

Well they do advertise Ice cream upgradable. So the million dollar question is when. Lol

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They also said unlocked bootloaders by the "second-half of 2011" but we all no where that ended up...

[scott.fitz.fitzgerald]

That is true. Can't fault that point. I would rather not upgrade to ICS and have the bugs first. Would rather wait and let the rest of the world deal with those first. So I guess that's somewhat of a good thing.

[mopar57]

I think I have it figure out....the razr will get ICS when no one has the razr anymore!!!

[scott.fitz.fitzgerald]

I think everyone is missing the big point, which is when will the razr maxx come in purple?

[yonkyu]

haha yeah that sucks

[mopar57]

I think everyone is missing the big point, which is when will the razr maxx come in purple?

I want a blue or green one

[razrlen]

Even when we get ICS I bet September,other smartphones will run

Android Jelly Bean. So.. yeah,life sucks sometimes.

[tweakhax]

ICE RAZR Alpha will be v2.9 by then...

[raijin32]

Yeah this pretty much seals it. Last Moto device for me unless the merger with Google changes things.

[frankyvee]

Q2...... this sooo freakin lame.. How would you like it, if I decided to pay you for your phone sometime in April or maybe May or possibly in June..

No more Moto after this AAA battery Razr I'm stuck with. You release a double battery capacity razor three weeks after I bought the one with the lame battery.
Thanks Moto you sure know how to treat your most loyal customers...

Hey devs, bring on the ICS roms.... !@#$% waiting on lame a$$ Moto.

[orcsbane13]

I'm actually not surprised by the Q2 deal. They said back in November or December it would take 3 - 6 months before we saw ics. That puts it in Q1 - Q2 range.

Also remember the GSM version had a leak that I'd say was at least 50% functional so that means we are already in the developmental stage.

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[stupidchicken03]

Im hoping that with Google taking over Moto... that will push them into releasing updates sooner. At least I hope so.

[Raw Dodge]

What's the rush? GFs XOOM has it and there's still quite a few apps that aren't compatible yet....I'm not seeing a leaps and bounds improvement over what we have...I'd rather Moto work on the 3g/4 g radio reception and switching than ICS ....IMO the 3/4 g and dropped data is about 90% fixed.....give me.the other 10 than worry about ICS ....

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[Mystery252]

I think being taken over by Google, Motorola just doesn't care about its customers anymore.

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[mattlgroff]

I think being taken over by Google, Motorola just doesn't care about its customers anymore.

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Motorola cared about customers?

[bamsemh]

as long moto doesn't do the same as lg. but i do hope that moto is comming fully to denmark again, so we can a little support here. the eu xt910 seems to get ics in the 2. quarter this year