strommsarnac
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- Jul 30, 2010
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I'm stuck with a kitted black PDN for a bit, and it's really annoying that Android apps are not categorized by OS version (1.5, 1.6, 2.0, etc.).
I spend so much time trying to install software only to find out that I can't because it's for a newer version of Android than what I have.
To me, it would be so simple to state what version an app is for. Maybe the app store covers that, I don't know since I can't use it. But, there's got to be a bunch of 1.5 apps out there, only I have no way of knowing.
It really seems to me that as software is updated to the newest Android OS version, the older versions are being lost. I've found many apps which had a version for 1.5, but once the dev updated them to 2.x, I can't find the 1.5 version anymore.
That fact alone makes me hesitant to purchase a new, pricey Android device. It's almost as bad as Apple and how quickly they obsolete their hardware through lack of new software support on "old" devices.
Anyone else find this annoying?
How do you find apps for 1.5?
I spend so much time trying to install software only to find out that I can't because it's for a newer version of Android than what I have.
To me, it would be so simple to state what version an app is for. Maybe the app store covers that, I don't know since I can't use it. But, there's got to be a bunch of 1.5 apps out there, only I have no way of knowing.
It really seems to me that as software is updated to the newest Android OS version, the older versions are being lost. I've found many apps which had a version for 1.5, but once the dev updated them to 2.x, I can't find the 1.5 version anymore.
That fact alone makes me hesitant to purchase a new, pricey Android device. It's almost as bad as Apple and how quickly they obsolete their hardware through lack of new software support on "old" devices.
Anyone else find this annoying?
How do you find apps for 1.5?