Most of the stuff you mentioned was promised when the device shipped, so you bought it with those things in mind -- and some if it should have been put in before the OS made it past the QA deparement (like scaling modes -- truncating an App is really not acceptable). If Moto never delivered on the Xoom they would have a class-action lawsuit on their hands -- though I am not sure if the 4G has been delivered yet for those who paid for it. In my view, you already paid for most of those features -- you just paid for them in advance. "Upgrades" are the things you get that are in addition to what you paid for. I'm talking about things that you did not even know where coming when you bought the device (for iPhone 3Gs users it was multi-tasking, folders, AirPlay, wallpaper, hotspot, iBooks, and soon to be iCloud, Twitter integration, WiFi Sync, Reminders, Newsstand, iMessage, etc....). Because you are smart enough to buy "Nexus" devices like the "Nexus S" and the "Xoom" you are actually getting some of those unexpected goodies too, but most Android owners are not so lucky because the manufacturer would rather sell them a new device than give them an OTA upgrade.
Yes Windows Phone had a bug fix update which they completely botched for some users and Mango is due out soon, which should be nice. But you keep saying "where is the demand?" and "where is the need?" I was only pointing out that AppleScruff1 is denouncing Apple for failing to update often when his favorite horse (Microsoft) does not release that often either. I actually believe and agree with you. Where is the need? There is no need. Look at the iPhone and the iPad.... are they doing really well? Has Apple fallen down to competitors who keep releasing a newer hardware version every time a new spec can be crammed in there? No they are not. They are the most valuable company in the world and they are selling more trinkets than anybody. There is value in consistency. People kick and scream when Apple updates something quickly and we hear the cries of "planned obsolescence". Given that a phone carrier contract is anywhere from 18 months to 2 years I am fine with an upgrade every year or so -- as are 99% of customers (especially non-tech-geeks). Further, Apple does a great job providing updates to older devices for a solid 18 to 30 months.
I'll bet the $300 I will pay for my next iPhone. Apple has kept my 3GS updated for more than 2 years now. Since I bought it two years ago running iOS 3.0 it has gotten a ton of new features, and its about to get more features with iOS 5 next month. Multitasking (done without killing my battery), AirPlay, hotspot, folders, updated built-in apps like email, iBooks, and a bunch of other crap I can't even remember. All this was free. No hardware upgrade required. Soon my 28-month-year-old iPhone 3Gs will get iCloud, Twitter integration, iMessage, reminders, Newsstand, WiFi Sync, etc...) If you buy a non-Nexus Google device you are basically screwed by the manufacturer who wants to sell you a new phone and is not going to QA their old phones on the new software. Even the Nexus One owners had to wait quite a while for Gingerbread after the Nexus S was released. New phones are releasing on Gingerbread now with no promise of an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich.
You're comical buddy -- that seems to be your favorite word. Your other favorite word: fanaticism. I don't think it means what you think it means.
I actually like the preview of Windows 8. But to paraphrase
Andy Ihnatko, seeing the desktop on Metro is like having the drunken uncle show up to an elegant family wedding. But Metro is sweet looking.
I think it is comical that whenever anybody disagrees with you, then you label them a fanatic and you turn your brain off. Try thinking about your position a bit more. I think you find this is one more instance of the "Pot and the Kettle". I am one "Apple Fanatic" that is rooting for Microsoft and for HP to get their Mobile OS situation figured out and done right. Apple can't be the only serious game in town for the next three years. Microsoft has the best chance because of the money and existing user base they can put behind Windows 8 -- they are first and foremost a software company (not an advertiser like Google is).
And for the record, I don't think Microsoft should release more than one major revision to their Metro stuff per year -- it creates too much fragmentation and confuses customers. I don't think Apple should either.
