Seems like it would have been more cost-effective for Samsung to get 2.2 running on the phone rather than wasting their time making pointless additions to 2.1, doesn't it?
2.1 was probably all that was available at the time that Samsung was developing the phone. Google aren't very open with development of future versions of Android.
It has been said (and I don't recall if this was a rumor or from Google directly) that the bundled base applications are to be moved out of the base OS and into the market. That way, even if the phone vendor decides to replace it with something else, the user can get the base app if they want it.
It is supposed to be so that you can update the built in applications even if your phone vendor decides to no longer release newer firmware.
Hopefully, if true, that includes the Launcher application, so that people can get rid of the vendor's "skin" if desired.
Doubt it.
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