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Comment by lomegor | Hacker News Reader

That title is really confusing. Samsung is not guaranteeing no one will update to Android 4.0?

"all but X" is an English expression meaning "almost X" or "pretty much X". "The work is all but done" = "The work is almost done". I know, it confused me too when I was younger.

"anything but X" is the opposite. It means "absolutely not X".

I think he means most people won't know how to update from Kies or something, and that OTA updates would've been preferred.

I guess I can understand the bit about not wanting to pay for data overages when downloading over 3G/4G. But why not offer a wifi option instead of forcing the use of bloatware?

There's an even easier solution: AT&T serves the updates from within their network (during off-peak hours), and doesn't charge the user for it. The occasional extra 100MB per user seems like a small price to pay to keep the phones updated, especially if said updates come with better network handling (easing AT&T's burden) or patching up security holes.

IF, not since

I assume AT&T sees even a small price being too much. Better to inconvenience the users.

The title is terrible and misleading. The linked article itself is poorly written, confusing, and misleading.

The AT&T Note 4.0 upgrade is happening over Kies, a desktop piece of software not unlike iTunes. Fullstop. How that turned into the ridiculous title is rather bizarre.

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