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Originally Posted by WoodDraw
We're still a long ways away from android, user updatable devices. If anything, manufacturers are going the opposite way. I'm sure Google is the only reason Motorola released the Xoom with an unlocked bootloader. They lock and encrypt all their other devices. I fully expect their next tablet will be locked and motoblured.
Even HTC has started to lock their bootloaders down harder now. That really leaves Samsung as the only major manufacturer left that's relatively friendly to outside development.
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Again, we'll have to wait and see... but all signs point to Google releasing on a 6 month schedule from here on out... that combined with some core design changes and manufacturers should be able to keep up... at least much better than the mess that we saw before.