Those changes make perfect sense, and they'll only serve to help the community at large, both from the development and user standpoint.
That's one thing that's pissed me off about the platform, is that you need to develop for 1.5, 1.6, 2.0.1, and 2.1 if you want to cover everyone, and making sure you're backward-compatible to 1.5 means you might have to forgo some of the best features of the API for your application.
This doesn't have anything to do with Verizon, jokerz. This is a decision by Google and, by extension, the Open Handset Alliance which actually develops Android. Verizon has little to nothing to do with Android development, they just sell the handsets and the pipe.
I'm quite pleased they are slowing development. 2.1 feels like a good mature OS and I imagine that slowing development at this point is a very natural thing. I'm really looking forward to more of the updates being pushed out via the Market too. HTC and T-Mobile have generally been good about updating non-Sense devices, but I'm on of those "Gimme now!" type of people.
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That's one thing that's pissed me off about the platform, is that you need to develop for 1.5, 1.6, 2.0.1, and 2.1 if you want to cover everyone, and making sure you're backward-compatible to 1.5 means you might have to forgo some of the best features of the API for your application.
I'm quite pleased they are slowing development. 2.1 feels like a good mature OS and I imagine that slowing development at this point is a very natural thing. I'm really looking forward to more of the updates being pushed out via the Market too. HTC and T-Mobile have generally been good about updating non-Sense devices, but I'm on of those "Gimme now!" type of people.