They care about what is on their phone when it is released. I'm pretty sure that's not going to be a version "of a few months back" from now!
Conversely, all the really cheap Android phones on sale here run either 2.2, 2.3, or if you're very lucky, 4.0. And I don't expect those to magically get 4.1.2/4.2 anytime soon.
I get the impression the HN crowd doesn't really know what a low end phone is, let alone they have seen or used one.
I live in Rwanda, so I very much know what the IDEOS and company are like. As a matter of fact I have both versions of the IDEOS in my drawer actually.
I'll check out Firefox OS on the latest builds for sure, but I'd be surprised if we weren't seeing the new IDEOS coming out this year with the latest 4.x Android. We'll see.
I hope Firefox OS does well, I'm just saying that their window of opportunity for addressing the low end market with something unique is very quickly closing.
They care about what is on their phone when it is released. I'm pretty sure that's not going to be a version "of a few months back" from now!
Conversely, all the really cheap Android phones on sale here run either 2.2, 2.3, or if you're very lucky, 4.0. And I don't expect those to magically get 4.1.2/4.2 anytime soon.
I get the impression the HN crowd doesn't really know what a low end phone is, let alone they have seen or used one.