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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
It's significantly worse than it used to be, however. It's up to individual OEMs and carriers, instead of Microsoft, and many of them don't regularly release updates, if at all.
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I think one reason that it's gotten worse is because of convergence. Before phones were put in PDAs, it just required Microsoft and the OEM to release an update. With phones, the carrier is also involved, requiring time to test the changes to ensure that they don't affect their network.
I'm not sure how Apple managed to convince carriers to either avoid the testing or do it more quickly. I can only assume the demand for the iPhone made some carriers willing to risk it.
Steve