Originally Posted by
WIRunner
Most don't. Facebook, Google, and others tend to release either iOS or Android staggered. It just isn't done that way, there tends to be multiple groups working on a project which results in a staggered release. So "they" would be all of the programmers out there. Android tends to lag because of some fragmentation that has happened, as well as the multiple screen sizes. Google has been working on cutting that down a lot by forcing manufacturers to no use 2.3 any longer and supporting "the good stuff" on 4.1 an higher lately. iOS either works at a release or it doesn't. Apple has been a lot quicker to cut off support. No comment on Windows Phone or Blackberry.
Or, "they" could just wait until both sides are done before pushing updates.
I was speaking about United in particular, but on these types of service applications, "they" should be everyone. It tends to really irritate the large population that has one device or the other that isn't just yet supported, with a sentiment of "Finally! They are so slow" instead of being happy for the new features that have been rolled out. If that means delaying the launch of one platform to wait for another, so be it.