i have been interested in the topic of updates and i am curious if microsoft could organize the operating system to bypass carriers. apple seems to be able to force carriers to push out, or accept, updates while android is a complete mess (telus in canada still sells phones running android 2.3 brand new) . microsoft seems to be in the middle, however with the small market share for wp8 i cannot imagine they have the clout to improve the situation and force updates across the board.
i am curious if wp could be packaged as a completely stripped down operating system consisting only of a dialer, a messenger, and a browser. this would ensure that all of the apn settings are working properly (this is as far as my technical knowledge goes). everything else, essentially the entire operating system, could be packaged as apps. this would be similar to what they are doing with skype. the phone could then be preloaded with all of the microsoft apps before reaching the consumer. i imagine that the base operating system would rarely need to be updated and if it did it would be easier to pass through both carriers and mobile phone manufacturers. additionally individual updates could happen more frequently than an operating system update and would completely bypass both carriers and manufacturers.
is this is possible or would the resulting os would be a complete mess?
i am curious if wp could be packaged as a completely stripped down operating system consisting only of a dialer, a messenger, and a browser. this would ensure that all of the apn settings are working properly (this is as far as my technical knowledge goes). everything else, essentially the entire operating system, could be packaged as apps. this would be similar to what they are doing with skype. the phone could then be preloaded with all of the microsoft apps before reaching the consumer. i imagine that the base operating system would rarely need to be updated and if it did it would be easier to pass through both carriers and mobile phone manufacturers. additionally individual updates could happen more frequently than an operating system update and would completely bypass both carriers and manufacturers.
is this is possible or would the resulting os would be a complete mess?