I agree. Apple does it really well, no doubt about it. This is because they control both the software and hardware. Google/Android çan not do it well enough, since the Android OS version compatibility with the hardware is somewhat dictated by the hardware manufacturer. This isn't always helpful. :-( For ex, there are numerous android apps that are not supported on many android devices. :=( Anyway, this is why I think that dual-stack home networks (and UEs) will be with us for a long time. Cheers, Rajiv -----Original Message----- From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> Date: Monday, April 8, 2013 8:52 PM To: Rajiv Asati <rajiva@cisco.com> Cc: Fabien Delmotte <fdelmotte1@mac.com>, nanog list <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Verizon DSL moving to CGN
On Apr 8, 2013, at 11:54 , Rajiv Asati (rajiva) <rajiva@cisco.com> wrote:
Like you, I would like to be optimistic about many v4-only apps and v4-only devices becoming dual-stack sooner than later.
But knowing that a significant (50%+) of android devices may not support IPv6 (just like my brand new Samsung Galaxy 7'' tablet (just bought over the weekend) being v4-only) and may not be upgraded by their users to the right software, and that Skype etc. apps are out there, my optimism fades away.
The upgrade problem isn't that hard to solve. As soon as users want to use something that doesn't work without the upgrade, the upgrades get installed.
Apple does a great job of this...
Every time they release an iOS upgrade I really don't want, they manage to also release an update to software that I do care about. That software update inherently requires me to accept the iOS upgrade.
Owen